On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:01:38AM +0200, Sune Vuorela wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.1.0 > Severity: important > > > Hi > > There has recently on #debian-devel been a few discussions about wether > it was allowed to edit other packages configuration files > (not 'conffiles') in maintainer scripts. > > My interpretation of policy is that you are only allowed to edit other > packages configure files thru a specific provided interface (e.g. > update-inetd), > and if a package don't offer such a interface, you aren't allowed.
Of course you are correct. > Some people seems to claim that you are allowed to do sed/cat/echo/perl > magic on other packages configuration files in maintainerscripts if you > really need it and there is no provided interface. People that want to do stupid things always manage to distort policy to fit their broken view, alas. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
