Bug#578578: java6 crypt policy files in /etc

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le jeudi 29 avril 2010 à 07:19 +0200, Torsten Werner a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Andreas Unterkircher <unki at netshadow.at> wrote:
> > I'm supporting this. The policy files should be preserved in /etc.
> 
> I don't think so. A config file is a file that you can edit with
> either a text editor or some specialized configuration tool but a jar
> file does not fall into that category.
> 
> > Developers replaced the policy files at some time in the past for their
> > application.
> 
> Didn't they use dpkg-divert to safely replace the existing files? If
> not: their fault.
> 
> I tend to set the wontfix tag because i think that dpkg-divert is the
> right tool.
I support the wontfix. A compressed file is not a config file.

Sylvestre