On 2005-04-02 14:59:50 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > 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,
Does the Debian Policy Manual say that? > > 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? Not necessarily. FYI, it was bug 177846. > > 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. It says: | 10.7.3 Behavior | | Configuration file handling must conform to the following behavior: | | * local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade, [...] As my netenv script overwrites the whole configuration file, the whole file was locally changed, and the whole file should have been preserved during the upgrade. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
