Lintian tag: non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile

Type: error

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

A file installed in some other directory than /etc is marked as conffile.
A conffile typically implies a configuration file, and Policy mandates
such files to be in /etc.

Please refer to Location (Section 10.7.2) in the Debian Policy Manual for
details.

Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: conffiles

Affected packages

source version binary level tag count information
shellinabox 2.21 shellinabox/2.21+b2 error non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 7 White.css [conffiles:3]
shellinabox 2.21 shellinabox/2.21+b2 error non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 7 Black.css [conffiles:4]
shellinabox 2.21 shellinabox/2.21+b2 error non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 7 Terminal.css [conffiles:5]
shellinabox 2.21 shellinabox/2.21+b3 error non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 2 Terminal.css [conffiles:5]
shellinabox 2.21 shellinabox/2.21+b3 error non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 2 Black.css [conffiles:4]
shellinabox 2.21 shellinabox/2.21+b3 error non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 2 White.css [conffiles:3]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.confirm [conffiles:8]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/subscribe.txt [conffiles:15]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.post [conffiles:11]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.archive [conffiles:7]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/confirm-help.txt [conffiles:4]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.submit [conffiles:14]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.rfc822 [conffiles:13]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/confirm-error.txt [conffiles:3]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/help.txt [conffiles:6]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/archive.txt [conffiles:2]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.request [conffiles:12]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.main [conffiles:10]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/rc.custom [conffiles:9]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/unsubscribe.txt [conffiles:16]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.etc/confirm.txt [conffiles:5]
smartlist 3.15-28 smartlist/3.15-28 overridden non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 9 var/list/.bin/mimencap.local [conffiles:1]
testssl.sh 3.2.1+dfsg-1 testssl.sh/3.2.1+dfsg-1 error non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile 1 X3.txt [conffiles:2]