On 29-Mar-00, 10:32 (CST), Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps that's because (Slink) policy says: > > 4.7. Configuration files > ------------------------ > > Any configuration files created or used by your package should reside > in `/etc'. If there are several you should consider creating a > subdirectory named after your package. > > It is almost certain that any file in `/etc' that is in your package's > file system archive should be listed in `dpkg''s `conffiles' control > area file. (See the _Debian Packaging Manual_). > > That wording should be cleared up if it still exists.
It doesn't. This section was completely re-written quite a while ago. (Hmmm, we need to make it clear to developer's that policy is a living document, and that if they are putting packages into the forthcoming release, they need to be reading the current policy document.) Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
