Ian Jackson wrote: > In fact, it is _configuration files_ and not just conffiles which are > (or should be) removed on purge.
You're right. > > 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. I was thinking that one of the most common reasons to make a configuration file not be a conffile is so it can be modified by other packages. (Typically this happens by means of a script provided in the package that "owns" the configuration file). For example, /etc/mailcap is not a conffile, it is modified by install-mime, which is run by a variety of packages. -- see shy jo
