>>>>> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Wichert> Okay. In theory this works fine, however its not (very
Wichert> well) tested. If you try this I'm very interested to
Wichert> hear if it really works.. The problem with diverting
Wichert> conffiles is that scripts (such as postinst) will still
Wichert> use the old location, so you have to be careful.
I think scripts should never modify conffiles anyway...
It is in the packaging manual:
Note that a package should not modify a dpkg-handled conffile in its
maintainer scripts. Doing this will lead to dpkg giving the user
confusing and possibly dangerous options for conffile update when the
package is upgraded.
I seem to remember often getting prompts for updating conffiles I
never updated myself, so I guess at least some packages don't do this.
(or if you meant configuration files in general, that is a different
thing altogether, dpkg-divert wont work though unless it is a normal
file or a conffile).
--
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
