On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 11:55:47AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.5.6.0
> Severity: normal
>
> >>"Josip" == Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Josip> This is actually an RC bug, because if one doesn't mark an
> Josip> init.d script as conffile and doesn't install it manually from
> Josip> postinst, they let dpkg happily overwrite it on each upgrade
> Josip> and thus break the following rule:
>
> >> Configuration file handling must conform to the following behavior:
> >> * local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade, and
> >> * configuration files must be preserved when the package is
> >> removed, and only deleted when the package is purged.
>
> Policy should be changed to remove this apparent contradiction.
I don't actually see what's in contradiction?
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