Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: >> Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and just >> link it to the right file. >> Warren > > Why/how would that help? > > Julian
Then /etc/flipit.conf could just always have /dev/flipit, and the package's maintainer scripts would control where /dev/flipit pointed to. >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 10:46:52PM -0600, Matt Armstrong wrote: >> > I'm packaging my own program (http://www.lickey.com/flipit/) and have a >> > question about configuration files. >> > >> > Section 11.7.3 of the Debian Policy Manual states that the configuration >> > files in /etc must be left alone by the maintainer scripts if it is >> > marked a conffile: >> > >> > The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration >> > file a conffile. This is appropriate only if it is possible to >> > distribute a default version that will work for most installations, >> > although some system administrators may choose to modify it. This >> > implies that the default version will be part of the package >> > distribution, and must not be modified by the maintainer scripts >> > during installation (or at any other time). >> > >> > So I'm left in a situation where: >> > >> > - Policy forbids me from editing the /etc/flipit.conf if I mark it a >> > conffile. >> > - The program won't work if /etc/flipit.conf isn't edited. >> > - I really do want to make it a conffile, so the user is notified of >> > future options. >> > - I really do want to ask the user what serial port to use when the >> > thing is installed. >> > >> > How do I best resolve this paradox? > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London > Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg > NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/ to do just that > ALSO http://www.thehungersite.com/ is back! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
