Hi, On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 21:42:34 +0100, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 18:43 +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > > [....] > > > I have question which is directly related: shouldn't a package own and > > > declare all the configuration files that it uses, even if it doesn't > > > install or modify it? > > [...]
Ideally yes, and while we are at it not only configuration files, but I don't think it makes sense to open a bug or draft a policy proposal if dpkg does not support this. > > No. Not all configuration files can be managed as dpkg conffiles. > > I did not wrote that all configuration file should be conffiles : I > wrote that all (well known) configuration files should be tracked. > Some configuration files are used by packages but they aren't declared > anywhere. Also, as I mentioned, those file aren't necessarily removed by > the package when it is purged. <http://bugs.debian.org/213907> regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]