Comment 2 for bug 234926

The logwatch package installs an empty directory tree under /etc/logwatch/ that mirrors the tree at /usr/share/logwatch/distr.conf/ but without any files. The /etc/logwatch/ directory is meant to provide a space to supplement the default dist.conf settings. However, most other packages install their defaults in /etc/packagename/, hence the confusion with the empty directories. I think the logwatch package should be updated to install its dist.conf files in /etc/ so that its default configuration files are easily findable and changeable by Ubuntu users who are used to all (most) .conf files actually in use to reside in /etc/. I am not a packager (yet) but would be happy to learn how to contribute by making these location changes if pointed in the right direction.