[Buildd-tools-devel] sbuild configuration files

[Michael Banck]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 11:15:41AM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Currently, we are following upstream in the use of sbuild.conf and
> sbuild.conf.local.  However, sbuild.conf is really the defaults for
> the package, and should not be altered by a sysadmin, who should be
> using sbuild.conf.local to override it.
> 
> I was considering a change such as moving
> 
> /etc/sbuild.conf       -> /usr/share/sbuild/sbuild.conf
> /etc/sbuild.conf.local -> /etc/sbuild/sbuild.conf
> 
> This should make it a bit simpler for users to configure (less
> confusion), and the global defaults are no longer a conffile, so users
> don't risk breakage due to not being able to modify it and then choose
> not to upgrade it.
> 
> We can do this completely automatically in the maintainer scripts.

I think we should at least give Ryan a chance to comment on it.  If he
has no opinion on it (i.e. stays silent), I'd say go for it.


Michael

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