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Hi guys!! In a .deb file,conffiles is present with data like /etc/default/cupsys /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default /etc/cups/snmp.conf /etc/cups/mime.convs /etc/cups/mime.types /etc/cups/pdftops.conf /etc/cups/acroread.conf /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/pam.d/cupsys /etc/logrotate.d/cupsys /etc/dbus-1/system.d/cups.conf /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd If conffiles is meant just to ...
  1. 02-28-2010 #1
    kapmsd
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    What for conffiles used for in a debian package?

    Hi guys!!
    In a .deb file,conffiles is present with data like

    /etc/default/cupsys
    /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
    /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default
    /etc/cups/snmp.conf
    /etc/cups/mime.convs
    /etc/cups/mime.types
    /etc/cups/pdftops.conf
    /etc/cups/acroread.conf
    /etc/init.d/cupsys
    /etc/pam.d/cupsys
    /etc/logrotate.d/cupsys
    /etc/dbus-1/system.d/cups.conf
    /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd

    If conffiles is meant just to indicate the location of .conf files in the system that the package uses?
    I cant understand the exact functionality of conffiles?

    Please provide ur inputs guys!!
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    conf files are used to configure applications on linux for the most part
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  3. 02-28-2010 #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by kapmsd View Post
    I cant understand the exact functionality of conffiles?
    Configuration files with various extensions are used in all operating systems. Linux happens to use lots of .conf and .rc files.

    More on the subject here:

    Understanding Linux configuration files

    Configuration file - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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