On Tue, Feb 06, 2007, Brian May wrote:
>     Loïc>  #406198 is about reverting the changes it does to
>     Loïc> nsswitch.conf on removal, not about not updating
>     Loïc> nsswitch.conf, but yes, libnss-mdns edits the conffile of
>     Loïc> another package.
> Packages shouldn't be editing conffiles (as opposed to configuration
> files that are not conffiles), period. This is against policy. It
> results in conflicts occurring the next time the package updates the
> file.
> 
> However, it is listed as "obsolete", so I suspect this means it is no
> longer a conffile:
 Yes, this is what I stated in the next paragraph of my reply:
 "nsswitch.conf isn't a conffile since [base-files] 3.1.11", but this is
 obviously clear for both of us now.

-- 
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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