On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 03:37:03AM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently preparing an update for a package. Until now, the > configuration file(s) was/were located in /etc. Now there are changes, > which make it more useful to have the configuration files > inside /etc/foobar. The configuration files look like foobar.conf*. > > Are there special things I need to care of?
As a newbie maintainer myself, I find the examples and explanations in http://www.dpkg.org/ConffileHandling very useful for dealing with conffiles. If your configuration file didn't change format (i.e., the user just need to copy the old /etc/foobar.conf* to /etc/foobar/foobar.conf* without any changes), I believe the section about "Moving a conffile" is exactly what you need. Also, if the file format didn't change, I don't see any reason the user should be asked if he/she wants to move the conffile, the package should just move for him/her. Ming 2005.12.31 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
