Comment 9 for bug 922677

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 22:04, Steve Langasek <email address hidden> wrote:
> Making files immutable is absolutely the wrong way to go.

Agreed.

> I think the long term correct solution would be
> to drop the debconf question altogether and
> adjust the package to only linkify on initial install,

You mean that the postinst refrains from linkifying if the argument of "configure" is non-null? In that case the postinst refrains from linkifying in the case where the package is being installed after having been removed; only installing after a purge counts again as an initial install. Sounds OK.
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Thomas