On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Some packages don't list their /etc/default/ file as part of the package: > # for i in /etc/default/*; do dpkg -S $i;done > dpkg: /etc/default/alsa not found. > aumix: /etc/default/aumix > cdrecord: /etc/default/cdrecord > libc6: /etc/default/devpts > dnsmasq: /etc/default/dnsmasq > dpkg: /etc/default/exim4 not found. > dpkg: /etc/default/fetchmail not found. > dpkg: /etc/default/hotplug not found. > initrd-tools: /etc/default/initrd-tools.sh > dpkg: /etc/default/iptables not found. > libnss-db: /etc/default/libnss-db > dpkg: /etc/default/noffle not found. > dpkg: /etc/default/rcS not found. > cdrecord: /etc/default/rscsi > spamassassin: /etc/default/spamassassin > ssh: /etc/default/ssh
You have just discovered a known fact: Not every configuration file has to be a "conffile" in the dpkg sense. Not shipping a configuration file inside the .deb and creating it in the postinst a perfectly acceptable way of managing such file.