Quoting Thorsten Glaser (2014-04-28 19:22:11) > Jonas Smedegaard <dr <at> jones.dk> writes: > >> Please elaborate what you mean can "trigger later". >> >> Simple example: Choosing via debconf to have adduser create homes >> below "/srv/home" instead of the default "/home". > > Ah, sure. > > Admin installs adduser. adduser defaults to /home. > Admin now installs your package. adduser now defaults to /srv/home. > Admin changes adduser's default to /u but keeps all other changes your > configuration package makes, as they only disagrees with this one. > Admin runs apt-get upgrade, pulling in a new micro version of your > package that changes something totally unrelated to adduser. > Now, adduser MUST NOT change away from /u.
Thanks - your point makes sense for me now. I agree with you about above. > At least in Debian packages… but yes, configuration management is > hard, and will remain so at least as long as #48717 (yes, five digits) > is not fixed. Thanks for that pointer. Automated conffile handling is IMO a related but different matter to automated debconf handling: The former is tied to line-based diff'ing and patching, which the latter is not. But I do agree with you that configuration management is hard - no matter the mechanisms used available in Debian today! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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