On 01-Jul-99, 09:17 (CDT), Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > #29770: Policy should be clearer about conffiles and configuration > files: conffiles are those listed in DEBIAN/conffiles; > configuration files might not be listed. And packages should not > be permitted to directly modify the *configuration* files of other > packages. >
I volunteered a long time ago to rewrite the configuration file section, clarifying and correcting the usage of "conffile" and "configuration file"; I guess it's time I finally did it. You should see something Saturday. (If somebody else beats me to it, I won't object). Steve
