commit 8186cefea36e5f6f53d19adf8aeb5491209a64b2
parent eeccafd002ca9a2d963b501b8a0232b0e3e1298a
Author: Florian Dold <florian@dold.me>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:53:56 +0200
-clarification
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/design-documents/040-distro-packaging.rst b/design-documents/040-distro-packaging.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ Config Files: Taler-specific
The "pristine" version of config files must be installed into
``/usr/share/taler/etc-original``. These files should not be modified by
tooling or the user. These files may contain direct placeholders or
-placeholder comments that are replaced when the package is configured.
+placeholder comments that are replaced (but not in-place, only in ``etc/``!)
+when the package is configured.
During the postinstall step, the files from ``/usr/share/taler/etc-original``
are copied to ``/etc/`` (using the ``ucf`` tool on Debian) and, if required,
