Marc Haber <[email protected]> writes: > Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
>> When the source of the configuration is debconf, we know exactly when >> it changes and don't need anything like inotify to know when to rebuild >> it. > Disagreed, one can change a debconf-generated file manually, thanks to > the debconf-is-not-a-registry mantra and the demand that a debconfed > package needs to read in its configuration before presenting the debconf > questions. Correct, which is why I went on to address exactly that question in the rest of the message to which you are responding. Because the upstart and systemd configuration is much more easily parsable and suitable for use directly as a configuration file due to much simpler structure than init scripts, we can use it as the repository for configuration data and parse it in the maintainer scripts to preserve that behavior. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
