[Logcheck-devel] Bug#299701: Moving a rule to its package ? [Fwd: Suggestion : include /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/sympa in sympa package]

[Olivier Berger]

Le jeudi 17 avril 2008 à 11:01 +0200, martin f krafft a écrit :
> also sprach Olivier Berger <olivier.berger at it-sudparis.eu> [2008.04.17.1043 +0200]:
> > And what about the diversion option, which can help accomodate both uses
> > of logcheck ?
> 
> Since the files are in /etc and dpkg conffiles, diversions can't be
> used. Arguably, that's a bug in dpkg, but it's been the case for
> years: do not divert conffiles.

I'm not sure I get the rationale here... I'm not so familiar with the
diversions. Could you point me to reference docs ?

Anyway, this seems too bad... Maybe the logcheck rules shoudln't be dpkg
conffiles ?

Sorry in advance if this is a bit naïve.

I assumed my question was kinda FAQ about logcheck but I'm not so sure
now...

May I suggest to document some guidelines for Debian packagers
explaining some policy regarding such cases (i.e. where should the rules
be ;).

Best regards,
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