Hi,
>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Santiago> But the reason policy says some files should not be
Santiago> conffiles is the following: "Doing this will lead to dpkg
Santiago> giving the user confusing and possibly dangerous options
Santiago> for conffile update when the package is upgraded.", which
Santiago> is completely false for conffiles that never change
Well, I guess a rationale is that saying `never' anything is
dangerous (remember -- nah -this program shall never last as long as
the year 2000). If indeed the default changes (even though there is
no current intention to do so -- not listing it in the package and
using the postinst entirely would still work.
Why take chances?
manoj
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