On Fri, Nov 26 2010, Santiago Vila wrote:
> This is the reason why I consider dpkg conffile mechanism to be bad
> for /etc/profile. This file is an extension of /home/user/.profile.
> for every user. Modifying it automatically just because there is a new
> default can make a lot of people to be re
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Hector Oron wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 2010/11/25 Santiago Vila :
> > On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Julien Danjou wrote:
> >
> >> That's why dpkg has a prompts on conffile conflicts, asking the admin
> >> what to do.
> >
> > There would not be any conflict if you didn't change the file from
Hello,
2010/11/25 Santiago Vila :
> On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Julien Danjou wrote:
>
>> That's why dpkg has a prompts on conffile conflicts, asking the admin
>> what to do.
>
> There would not be any conflict if you didn't change the file from lenny,
If he is the owner of his configuration files, why
El 25/11/10 17:56, Julien Danjou escribió:
On Thu, Nov 25 2010, Santiago Vila wrote:
There is nothing to fix. I'm following policy when it says files in /etc
are under the control of the system admin.
Policy does not say *anywhere* that you *have* to use dpkg conffile
mechanism, or that you *h
Note: I've tried to document this issue in base-files FAQ (aka README).
If you think more documentation is needed, may I suggest that you
reassign this report to release-notes to be documented there?
I believe there is, or there used to be, a section called "things to
do after an upgrade to squee
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Julien Danjou wrote:
> If you really do not want to fix it, tag it at wontfix,
Tags are for maintainers to use, not for submitters to decide.
Wontfix is for bugs. Keeping a configuration file under the control of
the system admin is not a bug, it's policy.
I consider comple
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Julien Danjou wrote:
> That's why dpkg has a prompts on conffile conflicts, asking the admin
> what to do.
There would not be any conflict if you didn't change the file from lenny,
so the file would be upgraded automatically and without asking,
which is exactly what I think i
reopen 604918
thanks
This has not been fixed.
If you really do not want to fix it, tag it at wontfix, but do not close
this until you change your mind.
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After a dist-upgrade to squeeze, /etc/profile.d appears but is not
usable because /etc/profile has not been replaced by the template.
I think /etc/profile should be a normal conffile upgraded with
base-files. Not a template copied in postinst.
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