On 28-Nov-98, 16:26 (CST), Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
This is *still* in the Policy Manual? I thought we (readers of debian-policy) agreed that it should be changed, a long time ago. I guess it fell into the crack between policy maintainer policies. I'll submit a bug to get this changed. Steve Greenland
