Re: the netbase/inetd conspiracy

["John H. Robinson, IV" <jhriv@ucsd.edu>]

Anthony Towns wrote:
> 
> Well, no, it didn't do that. It restored your configuration, since you'd
> already blown it away. Maybe that's undesirable in some situations (and,
> indeed, I can think of some -- I can also think of ways to make them not
> an issue). It would help if you'd share some specifics, so we could talk
> about them.

how's this for an idea: (if this is how it is already done, then
excellent)

if the config file is gone, put the pristine one in as
foo.rc.dpkg-new

-john