On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 08:11:24PM -0300, Lucas Wall wrote: > On 03/08/2005 07:15 PM, Justin Pryzby wrote: > >On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:02:19PM +0100, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina > >wrote: > >>2 ) -------- > >> > >>To install the configuration file, I append to what I written (in the > >>"install" section yet: > >> > >> cp minimalist.conf-sample debian/minimalist/etc/minimalist.conf > >>I had to append 'etc' into the 'dirs' file. > >>Is it right ? > > > >Yes. This makes it a "configuration file". If you want it to be a > >conffile (which I suspect you do), you should also list it in > >debian/conffiles. > > You don't need to add it to debian/conffiles if you use debhelper > compatibility level 3 or higher[1] (current dh_make sets comp level to > 4). All files in etc/ are automatically flagged as conffiles by > dh_installdeb. Thanks for pointing this out:) You just forced me to confront my understanding of conffiles again.
If a file is provided by the package, then it is a conffile and not only a configuration file. OTOH, if maintainer scripts create the file (possibly from a template in /usr/share/), then it is a configuration file but not a conffile. Cheers, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
