change. As the scripts themselves are frequently
<tt>conffile</tt>s, modifying them requires that the
administrator merge in their changes each time the package
- is upgraded and the <tt>conffile changes</tt>. To ease
+ is upgraded and the <tt>conffile</tt> changes. To ease
the burden on the system administrator, such configurable
values should not be placed directly in the script.
Instead, they should be placed in a file in
- <tt>/etc/default</tt>, which typically will have thesame
+ <tt>/etc/default</tt>, which typically will have the same
base name as the <tt>init.d</tt> script. This extra file
should be sourced by the script when the script runs. It
must contain only variable settings and comments in POSIX
- <prgn>sh</prgn> format. It should not be a
- <tt>conffile</tt>, but a configuration file maintained by
- the package maintainer scripts. See <ref id="config files">
- for more details.
+ <prgn>sh</prgn> format. It may either be a
+ <tt>conffile</tt> or a configuration file maintained by
+ the package maintainer scripts. See <ref id="config
+ files"> for more details.
</p>
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