On 09/17/2012 12:49 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:59:44AM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >> On 09/17/2012 11:56 AM, Andreas Beckmann wrote: >>> Modifying conffiles is forbidden by policy 10.7.3 >> Well, conffiles are sometimes modified due to the result of asking >> questions with debconf - at least the md5sum might change, although the >> content stays the same with debconf priority=high. Are you sure you >> didn't find such things? > > If you modify conffiles through debconf config scripts, your package is RC > buggy. See also [1].
So we shall drop things like automatic configuration of postfix? It actually even asks the user if the config file should be modified. That is just one example of a lot others that jump into my mind. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5057050a.5030...@bzed.de
