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	tag type	tag	information	count
lemonldap-ng	2.20.2+ds-1	liblemonldap-ng-common-perl/2.20.2+ds-1	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/lmConf-1.json [conffiles:1]	1
shellinabox	2.21	shellinabox/2.21+b2	error	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	White.css [conffiles:3]	7
shellinabox	2.21	shellinabox/2.21+b2	error	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	Black.css [conffiles:4]	7
shellinabox	2.21	shellinabox/2.21+b2	error	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	Terminal.css [conffiles:5]	7
shellinabox	2.21	shellinabox/2.21+b3	error	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	Black.css [conffiles:4]	2
shellinabox	2.21	shellinabox/2.21+b3	error	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	Terminal.css [conffiles:5]	2
shellinabox	2.21	shellinabox/2.21+b3	error	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	White.css [conffiles:3]	2
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/confirm.txt [conffiles:5]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.post [conffiles:11]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/subscribe.txt [conffiles:15]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/help.txt [conffiles:6]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.bin/mimencap.local [conffiles:1]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.custom [conffiles:9]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/confirm-error.txt [conffiles:3]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/unsubscribe.txt [conffiles:16]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.rfc822 [conffiles:13]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/confirm-help.txt [conffiles:4]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.archive [conffiles:7]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.main [conffiles:10]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.request [conffiles:12]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.confirm [conffiles:8]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/rc.submit [conffiles:14]	9
smartlist	3.15-27	smartlist/3.15-27	overridden	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	var/list/.etc/archive.txt [conffiles:2]	9
testssl.sh	3.2~rc4+dfsg-1	testssl.sh/3.2~rc4+dfsg-1	error	non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile	X3.txt [conffiles:2]	1