Subject: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?

From: Christian Schwarz <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 18:28:51 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi!

I just browsed the Linux FSSTND (v1.2) but haven't found a comment about
the app-defaults directory.

Backups would be much easier if _all_ the configurable files are in /etc
and /usr can't be mounted readonly if one has to change the app-defaults
file. (Shouldn't, as a simple rule, all files that are referred by the
debpkg-conffiles be placed in /etc ?)

Cheers,

Chris

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From: Michael Alan Dorman <[email-masked]>
Date: 15 Sep 1996 12:30:08 -0400

> debpkg-conffiles be placed in /etc ?)

Please peruse /usr/doc/X11/debian.README, to understand why I say
that, on Debian, app-defaults files are not considered configurable.

If you disagree with this, as many seem to, please propose a solution
whereby package maintainers can easily make sure that app-defaults
files are updated to reflect any changes introduced in the upstream
app-defaults file.

Mike.