>>>>> Michael Meskes <mes...@debian.org> writes:
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 08:38:09PM +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
>> Contrary to what's stated in debian/templates, /etc/default/netdiag
>> /shouldn't/ be edited directly to change the run_statnetd value, as
>> it will be overwritten by the value of the netdiag/run_statnetd
>> Debconf question the next time the package is (re)configured.
> TTBOMK this is not true. The debconf answer is overwritten by the
> value read from /etc/default/netdiag.
Indeed, debian/config (which I've missed) reads the value and
pre-sets Debconf. However, it's still possible to change the
setting via dpkg-reconfigure(8).
It still makes sense to drop the second “'.*'” off printf, and
to add a notice that /etc/default/netdiag is /not/ a conffile,
and will be overwritten. E. g., I tend to occasionally edit
comments in the files below /etc, and I'd be surprised to find
that my edits are silently discarded.
(That'd make a Severity: wishlist bug, with a patch.)
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