Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Ben Collins writes: > > What does this [resolv.conf] have to do with policy? > > Packages are not to mess with other packages' conffiles. We had a long and > inclusive discussion of this on debian-devel earlier this year. There are > also technical issues having to do with the fact that a package that does > this must account for all possible configurations. None of this affects an > admin who chooses to do this, however.
I'm not sure which package "owns" resolv.conf, but it does appear that pcmcia-cs is quite happy to mangle it (with /etc/pcmcia/network). Could ppp not do the same sort of thing? (and apologies if more knowledgable people have their thinking caps on about this). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
