Hi, this comes belated as I was away for Xmas... Carl Streeter writes: Carl> >> No! It is a conffile because /usr/bin/fax, a bash script, was the only >> place to set your local fax settings as serial port, modem capabilities, >> INIT strings, phone number, prinyer what have you. Carl> If this is still the case, then /usr/bin/fax should be a symlink Carl> into /etc, and the script should reside there. /usr should be Carl> considered read-only...
It is no longer the case. I proposed to the upstream author the sourcing of /etc/efax.rc which he gladly accepted. It will be part of the next upstream release. The Debian releases since revsion 2 already contain it. Being a lousy script programmer, I introduced (and then fixed) some bugs during the conversion from the original to the current state. For your perusal, here's my Debian.ChangeLog: Sun Dec 17 16:34:41 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * efax-07a-4 release * debian.rules: include missing debian.preinst (bug#2041) and really create the directories in /var/spool/fax * debian.postinst: quoted strings (bug#2041) Sat Dec 16 14:26:19 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * efax-07a-3 release * efax.rc: (no real change) FAXINDIR, FAXOUTDIR, FAXLOGDIR use /var/spool/* and not /usr/spool/* as this looks better (bug#2033) * debian.rules: creates directories recvq, sendq and log in /var/spool/fax with mode 2775 and group dialout (bug#2033) * debian.postinst, debian.control: suggests "/etc/efax.rc" for local changes instead of /usr/bin/fax (bug#2033) * debian.postinst, debian.preinst: save existing fax script and deal with it; /usr/bin/fax is no longer a conffile (bug#2033) Mon Dec 11 20:27:42 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * efax-07a-2 release * efax.c: version string reflects Debian upon author's request * efax.c and fax patched with qfax patches from ftp.renaissoft.com This version of efax can now be used with the qfax program suite that adds an e-mail-to-fax gateway to efax, a phonebook database system, automated cover page generation, and fax spooling for delayed transmission of faxes. * fax: now sources /etc/efax.rc and/or ~/.efaxrc, manpage updated * debian.postinst: warn if no user in group dialout * debian.control: ELF release, depends on libc5 Tue Sep 26 13:50:50 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * efax-07a-1 release * debian.control: Changes Depends: gs to Suggests: gs and reworded the description to explain that only ascii text can be faxed without ghostscript Thu Sep 7 23:05:53 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * efax-07a-0: Initial Debian release, added package maintenance files, edited Makefile and /usr/bin/fax slightly to Debian standards -- Dirk Eddelb|ttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd