-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Anthony Towns wrote:
> What I'd like to propose, therefore, is extending the "conffile" label > to cover all configuration files. Why do you want to do that? Why should I want to be asked each time I upgrade the system because of local files like /etc/init.d/networks, /etc/timezone, /etc/papersize or /etc/gpm.conf, to name a few? > This would, as well as providing a list of just about everything in /etc, > eliminate any remaining confusion about what the difference between > a conffile and a configuration file is. Confusion? What confusion? :-) A configuration file is a conffile when the package maintainer decided to let dpkg to handle it via the conffile mechanism. Is there anything wrong with the above definition? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNSjxbiqK7IlOjMLFAQEcEQP/fESM1PVdUjOpyIDbC+HbG58TU7GybJ0p tooEyOX9SdFbCykzs3iBvG3KtkNjpa8iZDk8VQr9f6sI+haKbyFebGg+HWfCdYuP HbWPxK+Bhd3W0dSXNhjHCQx3oQIygSGLxeSYxpY+9QU1wAX/JCJathG4ICW9FTPh 0lmsM7ZyUhk= =GNf6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
