On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 09:48:20PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > 11.7.5 What does the following mean? > > However, programs that require dotfiles in order to operate > sensibly (dotfiles that they do not create themselves > automatically, that is) are a bad thing, and programs should be > configured by the Debian default installation as close to normal > as possible. > > (It's the last part I don't understand.)
I think it means that the Debian maintainers should make every effort to make the programs work as close to their normal behaviour when they are unconfigured (i.e. when a dotfile can't be found). > 12.6 "Mailboxes are generally [mode] 660 user.mail unless the user has > chosen otherwise." > Should this be "unless the system administrator has chosen > otherwise."? FWIW last I checked there were several other references to the admin as the "user"... -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
