[pkg-fso-maint] Correct way to move /etc config files

Steve Langasek vorlon at debian.org
Wed Oct 22 02:32:48 UTC 2008


On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 01:00:34AM +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
> Hi there!

> This mail originates from the discussion at [1]: simply, I need to move
> an /etc file (/etc/frameworkd.conf) from one package (fso-frameworkd) to
> another one (fso-config-gta02).

> However, I don't really know the best way to manage this situation and I
> cannot find any reference on the Debian Developer's Reference [2] nor on
> the Debian Policy [3] nor the Debian wiki [4].

Use Replaces:, just as for other files that move between packages.

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