> 4.7. Configuration files > ------------------------ > > If two or more packages use the same configuration file, one of these > packages has to be defined as _owner_ of the configuration file, i.e., > it has to list the file as `conffile' and has to provide a program > that modifies the configuration file. > > The other packages have to depend on the _owner_ package and use that > program to update the configuration file. >
Unless I'm confused, this bit of policy is broken. Conffiles should not be modified by packages. I think we should probably remove "has to list the file as conffile'" from the first paragraph. I propose we do so (if I need to file a bug report or something with this proposal, let me know, I'm unsure how our new system for policy modifications works). -- see shy jo
