On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Steve Greenland wrote:
[snip]
> > 3.3.7. Configuration files
> > --------------------------
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > If two or more packages use the same configuration file, one of these
> > packages has to be defined as *owner* of the configuration file, i.e.
> > it has to list the file as `conffile' and has to provide a program
> > that modifies the configuration file.
> >
> > The other packages have to depend on the *owner* package and use that
> > program to update the configuration file.
>
> The problem with this is that once the package-provided program has
> modified the file, the file is (quite properly) considered "changed"
> by dpkg, which will then whine about the next time distributed version
> changes (and thereafter, I think).
This is not only a problem with /etc/crontab, but with even more important
files like /etc/passwd!
Does someone know how COAS interferes with this discussion?
Thanks,
Chris
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