From 2f60e858ceb208120afcc21543ce5da75aff9862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manoj Srivastava Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:36:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify wording in the section on the location of configuration files, closes: #170019 Author: joy Date: 2003/02/16 00:07:45 clarify wording in the section on the location of configuration files, closes: #170019 git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-178 --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ policy.sgml | 11 +++++------ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 19081d2..e76951a 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low offtopic stuff, too. * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init script should start it, closes: #60979. + * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of + "should", closes: #170019. -- diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index e8eb2f1..8b1cab2 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -6077,17 +6077,16 @@ ln -fs ../sbin/sendmail debian/tmp/usr/bin/runq Location

Any configuration files created or used by your package - must reside in /etc. If there are several you - should consider creating a subdirectory of /etc + must reside in /etc. If there are several, + consider creating a subdirectory of /etc named after your package.

If your package creates or uses configuration files outside of /etc, and it is not feasible to modify - the package to use the /etc, you should still put - the files in /etc and create symbolic links to - those files from the location that the package - requires.

+ the package to use /etc directly, put the files + in /etc and create symbolic links to those files + from the location that the package requires.

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