On Thursday 26 September 2002 14:18, ahall AT secureworks DOT net wrote:
>
>I am of the firm opinion that packages should never have config
> files that are named the same as the default config file. 
> Meaning, this pkg would not contain the file
> /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf but
> /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf.example or something
> like that.  This insures that the package will never overwrite an
> existing config file.
>
>
>Drew

And here is another user who is in violent agreement with that 
theory.  If a .conf file exists and an update overwrites what it 
took me many hours to figure out, I have this almost 
un-controllable urge to strangle somebody, or even load up Bertha 
and go hunting.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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