On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 04:12:06PM +0100, Sébastien Jodogne wrote: > My question is the following: What is the recommended way of "patching" a > configuration file
Debian policy strictly forbids modifying config files of other packages. Typically, configuration file "snippets" are dropped into a configuration files directory. Other than that, would it not make sense to split the config file ? As for local changes, a package upgrade will ask the admin what to do when a local change is detected. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-med-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150225152242.gf2...@hermes.hilbert.loc