On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:33:09AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Thomas Adam wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:28:09PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > > > Is it fairly common, then, that packages only create their config files, > > > and don't include them in the package originally. I can see times when > > > > Of course it is. There are *hundreds* of files that are created in this > > manner, usually brought about because they're created by the very programs in > > other packages, and so there is no way of ever supplying the files in the > > first place. > > Or by debconf-ization of packages, which often need this.
Yes, I mentioned that. > > > that would lead to confusion. Is there another way to find out where a > > > file belongs? > > > > No, since any answer would be completely erroneous. > > Actually, we have been requesting this functionality to the dpkg crew for a > while. It will arrive someday. Right. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
