Package: debian-policy Version: 2.5.0.0 I have discovered a little inconsistency in the policy.
Section 5.5, "Mail transport agents" says: "/etc/aliases is the source file for the system mail aliases (e.g., postmaster, usenet, etc.)--it is the one which the sysadmin and postinst scripts may edit." According to this, a postinst script *may* edit /etc/aliases. However, section 4.7, "Configuration files" says: "A package may not modify a configuration file of another package." According to this, editing /etc/aliases is not allowed, since this file is a conffile for sendmail, at least, and certainly it is a "configuration file" in either case. So, which is the truth, may /etc/aliases be edited by a postinst, or it may not? If "do not modify a configuration file of another package" is just a general rule, it should be clear how many exceptions to the rule are there. Thanks. -- "85438ed58b89b28d0dec167b46f14221" (a truly random sig)
