[Goswin von Brederlow] > Actually that is forbidden by policy. A package may not change > another packages conffiles.
Actually, the policy forbids the _maintainer scripts_ of a package to change another packages conffiles. It does not forbid a script in a package to change another packages conffiles. I'm not saying it is smart to change packages conffiles using a script in another package. It isn't. But as far as I know it isn't forbidden by policy. :) > If that can be overlooked for a package which sole purpose is to > overwrite configuration for other packages is a question you have to > ask yourself. It can be done if the package A only provide the means to do it, and don't overwrite the configuration of package B when package A is installed. Providing a base-config fragment to be executed during first install is a common way to do it.
