Re: problem with emacs configuration scripts

2000-07-03 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > The menu-methods technique works fine, but I don't think it would > violate my proposed policy addition. Perhaps a better way to say it > is: > > "Packages which install conffiles should be careful that those > conffiles do not continue to affec

Re: problem with emacs configuration scripts

2000-07-03 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Specifically, because the files are conffiles, they are not removed > > when the package is removed, and so the files stay around to continue > > to affect the behavior of emacs. This happened to me with the user-de > > and u

Re: [Re: Bug#66535: proposal of virtual package: syslogd]

2000-07-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 09:23:49PM +0200, Arthur Korn wrote: > I think it would be even better to split up sysklogd into two > packages, and then have virtual packages like > 'system-log-daemen' and 'linux-kernel-log-daemon' (or would > 'kernel-log-daemon' be sufficient? Im thinking on the HURD).

[Re: Bug#66535: proposal of virtual package: syslogd]

2000-07-03 Thread Arthur Korn
Hello. This list seems to be the right place for this ... BTW: I'm on the list now. - Forwarded message from Arthur Korn - Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 16:28:59 +0200 From: Arthur Korn To: Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bug#66535: proposal of virtual package: syslogd Hello.