Subject: Bug#4257: request-route would be better as conffile

From: Kevin M Bealer <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 01:41:12 -0400 (EDT)

Package: modules
Version: 2.0.0-8

(Note that I wrote this report regarding 2.0.0-2.  As I fix the
problem when I notice it, it could concievably have been fixed,
but looking at /var/lib/dpkg/info/modules.conffiles (I think) it
appears to not be.)

The modules packages contains a file /sbin/request-route.  This is run by
the kernel to create routes as needed.

The script's comments suggest is it very configurable, and I usually
configure it heavily .. however it is written over whenever I install a new
version of the package it is in (dpkg -S shows it as modules).

I propose this file be a conffile, and that the user be prompted to replace
it or not.

Thanks.

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From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 96 14:05 BST

Kevin M. Bealer writes ("Bug#4257: request-route would be better as conffile"):
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> I propose this file be a conffile, and that the user be prompted to replace

If the script is made to be a conffile it should be in /etc.

Ian.