On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:41:21AM +0200, Michel BRIAND wrote: > >> samba is now using ucf to handle smb.conf changes. That might be > >> related.
> >Er, it's not just related, this is the expected behavior. smb.conf is > >touched on every update of the samba-common package because of > >debconf; the ucf prompting/handling just presents the user with an > >opportunity to incorporate new recommended settings provided by the > >package, it doesn't mean timestamps will somehow be preserved. > Ok, > so smb.conf is handled by ucf in postinst. > I learned about ucf and it says that Debian policy states that files > under /etc which are configuration files must preserve user changes. > Do you think that "user changes" includes timestamp as well ? No, that has never been a requirement. The requirement is that it must preserve user changes, not that it preserve config files completely unmodified. -- 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/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
