On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:24:03PM -0500, TNKS wrote: > Hi, > > I hope this is not off-topic for this forum. I have a simple question, and > there's _so_ many forums it's tough to find the best one. > > I'm a long-time user of Debian trying to learn more about the distribution > and also the Policy. > > Someone on #debian mentioned that symlinks can be included in the package > file listing. If that's the case, can symlinks also be conffiles? Will > dpkg make .dpkg-old symlinks and the like if the user changes the target of > the symlink? Yes
> Even if it works, is it not recommended because of some corner-case(s) dpkg > just isn't designed for? Correct, even if the recommendation is just mine.. See the lessdisks-terminal bug #360673 and its clone for why this [can] be really bad. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
