On Monday 21 April 2003 04:24 pm, Adam Heath wrote: > On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Keegan Quinn wrote: > > On Monday 21 April 2003 03:29 pm, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > > > Am I missing something? > > > > Only the fact that, as Debian maintainer, you do not have the right to > > decide which files Debian users may or may not edit. Policy says they > > can do as they like, regardless if you like it or your packages care for > > their way, and you are not allowed to overwrite their actions. > > > > Now, am I missing something? > > Yes, lots. > > Only configuration files are protected as you say. Conffiles are > automatically protected by dpkg, but not all configuration files are > conffiles.
So, you're saying that the texmf.cnf file in question is not a configuration file? Section 11.7.1 from policy seems to say otherwise. Maybe I'm seriously misreading something. I didn't mean to bring conffiles or dpkg into this at all, but perhaps I missed some part of the discussion. <policy> configuration file A file that affects the operation of a program, or provides site- or host-specific information, or otherwise customizes the behavior of a program. Typically, configuration files are intended to be modified by the system administrator (if needed or desired) to conform to local policy or to provide more useful site-specific behavior. </policy> (I realize I don't need to point to policy as a stick to beat people with, et al. I'm becoming a bit confused just following this thread, and am wondering where that happened, since the core issue seems straightforward.. If I am in need of more sleep, please point that out.) - Keegan PS. I'm subscribed, no need for a Cc.
