On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:59:25AM +0900, Paul Wise wrote:
> I'm of the opinion that there needs to be a way for packages to register
> generated files as belonging to them with dpkg. Packages would be
> expected to register ucf/etc-generated configuration files, alternatives
> and any files and directories created by their maintainer scripts.
> 
> cruft could then use that database to explain much of the stuff in /etc
> that shows up as cruft currently.
> 
> No idea if this has been proposed to the dpkg developers, you might like
> to submit a wishlist bug if not.

Yes, aj proposed this a long time ago. See /usr/share/doc/cruft/TODO for
a bit of history.

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