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Re: Y or I, N or O



Joseph Haig <jrmhaig@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> --- Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> wrote:

> > On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 10:49 +0100, Joseph Haig wrote:
> > > configuration file or keep the existing one.  The options are
> > > 
> > >     Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
> > >     N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
> > > 

> > If you choose Y, the existing configuration file will be saved as
> > <filename>.dpkg-old and replaced by the package's version.
> > 
> > If you choose N, the existing configuration file will be left
> > untouched
> > and the new version will be saved in the same directory under the
> > name <filename>.dpkg-dist (or <filename>.dpkg-new).

> Thanks. But if this is the case, what do I and O do?

The same - I is a synonym for Y and O for N.

cu
	Philipp

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