maybe this problem may be mentioned in the Sarge release notes ? On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 04:46:14AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:15:37PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: .... > > any suggestions? > > I don't see any reason to worry about it; I think it was a bug for lpr-ppd > to ship /etc/printcap as a conffile, but it's a historical bug that I don't > think we should be trying to fix now. The simple answer is "well, don't > purge packages without looking at the conffile list!". > > It would definitely be wrong for lprng to declare /etc/printcap as a > conffile; there are many packages that use /etc/printcap, with no common > package they can depend on which could own this conffile, and /etc/printcap > also doesn't fit policy's description of what a conffile should be. (If > you're installing a printer daemon, you almost certainly want to print, > which means customizing the printcap...) > > Thanks, > -- > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer
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