On 17/09/2012 13:10, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On 09/17/2012 12:49 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:59:44AM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >>> On 09/17/2012 11:56 AM, Andreas Beckmann wrote: >>>> Modifying conffiles is forbidden by policy 10.7.3 >>> Well, conffiles are sometimes modified due to the result of asking >>> questions with debconf - at least the md5sum might change, although the >>> content stays the same with debconf priority=high. Are you sure you >>> didn't find such things? >> >> If you modify conffiles through debconf config scripts, your package is RC >> buggy. See also [1]. > > So we shall drop things like automatic configuration of postfix? It > actually even asks the user if the config file should be modified. That > is just one example of a lot others that jump into my mind.
This just means that the concept of conffile is dying. When trying my hand at some automatic /etc management, I discovered that many files under /etc are not conffiles (and not in dpkg managed-files) because of this rule. And this means that automatic management is hard, because they are generated by scripts, and as such, not easy to store, compare to default, etc. Sincerly, -- Jean-Christophe Dubacq
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