Mathias Gug <math...@ubuntu.com> writes: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 04:16:29PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> This is arguably a Debian policy violation because it would delete any >> other local administrator configuration files in /etc/puppet. > Could you specify which portion of the Debian policy deals with > configuration files created by the local administrator? > Section 10.7.3 mentions: > * configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed, > and only deleted when the package is purged. That's the arguable part. I don't know of anything in Policy that specifically says that you can't do this, but deleting files in /etc that aren't owned by the package seems obviously contrary to the spirit of the Policy rules around handling configuration files to me. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
