-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, I wrote:
> > ``[...] It is almost certain that any file in /etc that is in your > > package's filesystem archive should be listed in dpkg's conffiles control > > area file. (See the Debian Packaging Manual). > > It is almost certain that any file in /etc is a configuration file. > It should not have to be as "certain" that the file has to be managed > by dpkg (i.e. conffiles). Example: /etc/papersize. Oops! Obviously that is what the "...that is in your package's filesystem archive" part means... Well, I would propose the following addition to the policy: * configuration files for which it is impossible to find a common file that works for every user should not be part of the filesystem archive inside the .deb package, so that dpkg will not prompt the user again and again when upgrading the package: Examples: /etc/X11/XF86Config, /etc/papersize, /etc/passwd... The idea is that once that you have the optimal configuration file, you don't want dpkg to ask about it on upgrades anymore. BTW: Policy should say also it is a bad idea having a dummy conffile saying "Factory" or the like... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNNYvgSqK7IlOjMLFAQG4SAQAtIXAQkFG6L98ouyZiqLSu5X++BnlnuuA JDZZNUYA5bSKgmlk47zcd3lBhYHfbxkmbmDO94XhXmcNCpYhvi19NSvriv+Tl2az fTfKSqamnOXoKNc4MHDuWEJLC75wAVI5GYWmW1KWsH5DSYe+36DB2mTcOlb2GfA/ 7ZrkSayoeqY= =4HP3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
