On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 08:33:47AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Frank Küster writes: > > But this would have the consequence that all those files would have to be > > created by dpkg, and clutter /etc. > > No files would be created that were not subsequently filled in by a > maintainer script. I don't know where you get the idea that that any > files, empty or otherwise, would be created that are not created now. > > > I had understood from John's question that he wanted dpkg just to ignore > > empty files, except that it registers them for the package. > > You misunderstood. > > > ...change dpkg... > > I proposed no changes whatsoever to dpkg.
What were you planning to do on upgrade? Normally, dpkg would set the files back to empty. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
