>>>>> "Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
OB    Andreas> I don't think one needs to touch inetd.conf at all (or
    Andreas> any other service description) during upgrades, at least
    Andreas> not as long as not changes to the service are
    Andreas> necessary. I would rather recommend to only add it during
    Andreas> first installation, and remove it during purge. Why
    Andreas> bother at other places?

    Brian> Like I said, I copied it from another package, a number of
    Brian> years ago.

    Brian> I would guess the theory is that during the upgrade the
    Brian> daemon may refer to files that are being upgraded
    Brian> (e.g. shared libraries), and as such break badly.

Hmmm. What happens if the user removes the package but doesn't purge
it. Should the configuration item remain intact?
-- 
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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