>>>>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * 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.
What about when the `base-passwd' package is upgraded, and some new
base Debian-wide entries have been added? Am I expected to use
`ediff' on the files, or will a perl script edit it for me?
