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Re: conffiles in /etc/default



On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:44:24AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:13:58PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:

> > All conffiles are expected to be changed...

> From 11.7.3:

>      The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration
>      file a `conffile'.  This is appropriate only if it is possible to
>      distribute a default version that will work for most installations,
>      although some system administrators may choose to modify it. [...]

Of course, some people seem to think it's a sensible idea to create
conffiles that absolutely must be modified for the package to be
usuable.  *sigh*



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