On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 01:33:57PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > If this is an exceptional change (like here), > then a dialog box should be displayed during the dpkg-reconfigure. > Other packages do this.
This is frequently condemned as Debconf abuse, and for exim 4, it is a non-option at this time of release - it would invalidate translation to currently 40 languages. I won't do this. > > > > but having multiple versions of the file replacing each other > > > > depending on environment is pretty exotic. > > > > > > It's pretty common for those who use netenv. > > > > But done wrong. > > This is often done like this (often with symbolic links, which I used > to use... until some broken software incorrectly overwrote my config > file following the symlink). So, the exim 4 packages are "broken software" from your point of view? If so, please take the issue to the tech ctte, as we agree to disagree here ;) > > > Comments should be clear about who can modify the files and how. > > > > Anybody can modify update-exim4.conf.conf, and changes done locally > > are respected. And you have proven that this works. > > OK, so the real problem was that the change hadn't been announced. We have catched up in that regard. > > > and /etc/fonts/fonts.conf begins with: > > > > > > <!-- > > > DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. > > > IT WILL BE REPLACED WHEN FONTCONFIG IS UPDATED. > > > LOCAL CHANGES BELONG IN 'local.conf'. > > > > So that file doesn't belong in /etc, it should be in /var. It is the > > equivalent to our /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated > > Is there a policy for config files (concerning this and also the > various problems above)? This is described pretty extensively in chapter 10.7 of Debian policy. > Also, when there is a change, a dialog box at dpkg-reconfigure time > would be nice (to warn the user and to describe the change), since > the change is done at this time precisely. Impossible for sarge, and condemned Debconf abuse for etch. Greetinhs Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
