Joey Hess writes, suggesting some places where he feels `configuration file' should read `conffile':
> 3.4.2: > > These scripts should not fail obscurely when the configuration files > remain but the package has been removed, as the default in dpkg is to > leave configuration files on the system after the package has been > removed. Only when it is executed with the `--purge' option will dpkg > remove configuration files. Therefore, you should include a `test' > > 3.5: > ... > The scripts in these directories have to check, if all necessary > programs are installed before they try to execute them. Otherwise, > problems will arise when a package was removed (but not purged), since > the configuration files are kept on the system in this situation. In fact, it is _configuration files_ and not just conffiles which are (or should be) removed on purge. > 4.2 > > The configuration files `/etc/services', `/etc/protocols', and > `/etc/rpc' are managed by the netbase package and may not be modified > by other packages. > > If these weren't conffiles, there would be no real reason other packages Yes, there would. Packages shouldn't go messing with each others' files without permission. Ian.
