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On 21-05-2005 00:45, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote:
> my hack does nothing in itself, the gconf path file is not being changed 
> behind the admin's back, or on the packages initiative. 
>       _The_admin_is_the_acting_party_  


Please elaborate on Debian Policy section 10.7.4, paragraph 2:

> The maintainer scripts must not alter a `conffile' of _any_ package,
> including the one the scripts belong to.


> the debconf question is just a convenient means for the admin to act (in the 
> simple case where there are no local changes, and just replacing is ok) 

The debconf question is part of the maintainer scripts.


 - Jonas

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