It just shouldn't install a conf file. Almost every package in this form
installs foo.conf.sample and has a MESSAGE file to tell you to copy and
customize it.

James

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>> This meant I was now running an smb server on my system with a different
>> (less restrictive) configuration file than my local configuration
>> file.
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>Would it be possible for the samba package maintainers to come up with
>a smb.conf file which causes samba to provide no actual service (i.e.,
>no exports, no other stuff, ...)?
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>This would make migration from old-style to new-style "safe"; it would
>also make the package safer to install on systems which previously
>weren't running the service.
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