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Re: What happens when you upgrade a package with modified config files?



Karl E. Jorgensen grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 06:29:02PM +0000, David Guntner wrote:
>> You mean there will be a bunch of .diff files for you to have to look
>> through?  Or something else?
> 
> No - it will prompt interactively during installation. There are
> options on apt/dpkg to avoid the prompts by always doing either (a)
> install the new version or (b) leave the config file untouched.

I could see where that could become problematic during a full system
upgrade, especially if you've got a number of config files that you've
needed to modify for one reason or another....

If, as someone else replied, it at least leaves a copy of the new config
file behind with a .new extension or whatever, then I guess I can at
least go through the process manually.  What fun! <grin>

               --Dave


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