On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:13:14PM -0800, Mike Markley wrote: > > 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)...
BTW even if a non-conffile configuration file is used, a bug can be filed against that other package if it overwrites it. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
