On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 01:40:42AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 07:26:25PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:32:42PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 09:01:21AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > > But they ARE conffiles! One of the reasons they're in /etc is so that > > > > the system administrator can modify them if desired. > > > > > > No, they are maybe config files, but they cannot be conffiles, since > > > they are not text files. > > > > Do you have a reference for this? I see nothing in policy to suggest > > that conffiles must be text files. Other than the inflexibility of > > using diff, the conffile management in dpkg is appropriate. > > Please see: <http://release.debian.org/etch_rc_policy.txt> > > 3. Configuration files > Conffiles must be plain text. > > I am really sorry to have to resort to that, though.
You're not "resorting" to anything. I only asked you for a reference, and I will go investigate the history and intent behind this apparent change. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
