On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:58:31PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > If we have a big comment at the top of the generated file > saying in effect "do not edit; edit /etc/inetd.conf.d/xxx and > run update-inetd", we shouldn't have too many problems. It's > already done elsewhere.
Then move that file far, far away from /etc, because it is no longer a configuration file and is an FHS violation. It is *not ok* to try to disclaim the policy requirement to preserve admin changes to config files with the use of a "do not edit" comment. This meme needs to die a horrible flaming death. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
