On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:20:02PM +0800, Zhao Wei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > As read from packaging-manual, there're two ways to handle > system specific config files, one to list them in debian/conffiles, > the other is (optionally write a /usr/bin/pkgxxxconfig to aid) to > write/modify the config file in debian/postinst, and don't list them > in debian/conffiles. My question is with the second approach, how could > dpkg determine if a /etc/pkgxxx.cfg belongs to pkgxxx? What if other > package wants to overwrite it accidentally?
That's why conffiles is better in most cases :). dpkg can't know if a file's created in postinst, so it's best to do that only if necessary (at least IMO)... -- Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP: 0xA9592D4D 62 A7 11 E2 23 AD 4F 57 27 05 1A 76 56 92 D5 F6 GPG: 0x3B047084 7FC7 0DC0 EF31 DF83 7313 FE2B 77A8 F36A 3B04 7084 "What am I, a doctor or a moonshuttle conductor?" - Dr. McCoy, "The Corbomite Maneuver", when Kirk rushed off from a physical exam to answer the alert.