Hi,
>>"Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Philip> OK, an example where it might make sense to have a
Philip> non-configuration file, listed as a conffile:
Philip> A package includes a script (under /usr/bin say) that is
Philip> commonly customised by the local admin.
This is very poor programming. There are two ways to handle
this situation:
a) modify the script to read a configuration file (in Debian terms,
conffile) from /etc
b) (This is stringly deprecated) put the file in /etc, with an
absolute link in /usr/bin
In either case, the script it self should have comments that
warn any potetial editors that the correct file to edit is in /etc.
I think it is part of a maintainers task to improve packages
that have such grotesquities, and pass the patches upstream (you
should see the amount of hacking that was required to make LaTeX2HTML
conform).
manoj
modifying policy to cover bad programming is poor practice in the
long run
--
The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think
it should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in 13 states in
the course of 11 years, is but one for each state in a century and a
half. No country should be so long without one. Thomas Jefferson in
letter to James Madison, 20 December 1787
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
