On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 07:10:45PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > The recent ca-certificates upgrade overwrote this "configuration" > simply because my /bin/cat call actually changed a file in > /usr/share, where changes by the admin are not preserved. Yet, due > to the links in /etc/ssl/certs, the admin is given the impression > that these are configuration files and can thus be edited according > to Debian's holy conffile handling policy.
> I consider this a bug, and even release-critical, and would say that > ca-certificates should use ucf to maintain the certificates in > /etc/ssl/certs. Arguments against that are to keep /etc small, but > at 444k I don't see ca-certificates being a culprit. Not release critical. You're welcome to debate whether it's a bug to ever use symlinks in /etc, but Alex is right -- the historical understanding of "configuration" here is the symlinks, not the targets. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
