[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#400010: mailman: Fails to respect admin deletion of configuration file

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:12:51PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:

> >	Changes to configuration files must be preserved during a package
> >	upgrade. Configurations must be preserved on package removal, and
> >	only deleted when the package is purged.

> But a deleted /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py gets recreated automatically the
> next time the postinst script is run in any way:

FWIW, I'm not sure that this qualifies as RC under this policy.  It depends
entirely on whether removing the config file qualifies as a valid
configuration change, IMHO.  Does mailman run when this file is missing?

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