On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 01:42:01PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 02:02:53PM -0800, Aaron Lehmann wrote: > > It seems this is at odds with policy, which prohibutes the automated > > editing of conffiles (such as squid.conf). This is a bit ironic, since > > asking 'Would you like to enable this package by inserting a line FOO > > into /etc/squid.conf? [Y/n]' is much cleaner than printing a note 'You > > must run the script /usr/sbin/setupthispckage to enable this package'. > > While both of those would acomplish essensially the same thing, only > > one would be permissible by policy. > > > > What should I do in regards to editing this conffile? > You should not change (semi-)automatic the squid.conf by asking debconf > questions. Those changes are vital and the admin should make these changes by > hand. Take a look in login.app. It displays a message to change your inittab > accordingly (change default runlevel for example).
You could, however, make the changes to a copy of the configuration file, so that if the admin decides to implement your changes, she need only copy that file over the existing config file. -- - mdz
