On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > What, you mean config files? Debconf does not ever, ever, write to > config files. Ill-designed maintainer scripts might. I wish people could > get their terminolgy right; accusing debconf of writing to a config > file is akin to accusing readline of writing to a config file. Both > debconf and readline just provide a mechanism for programs to prompt for > input from the user.
Yeah, Ok. I guess I really mean I'm thankful it's debian policy to backup config files before they are changed by a package install procedure. I admit it. I'm loose when it come to terminology sometimes. Paul -- Paul Sargent mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
