Re: Dselect beginner
Michael Sobolev <mss@transas.com> writes:
> While translating the dselect-beginner.sgml I found that the patch at the
> end of letter should be applied.
Yes, I applied it.
> Actually, it raises a question. I believed (using Debian for few years) that
> .dpkg-dist file is the one which appears <em>after</em> configuration stage. I
> quickly checked the documentation but found nothing about this. Well, what I
> think happens is as in my example. Let's suppose we have a configuration file
> /path/to/conffile, after unpacking the dpkg creates a file
> /path/to/conffile.dpkg-new. If I decide to install new configurationn file,
> the current file gets renamed to /path/to/conffile.dpkg-old, and the new one to
> /path/to/conffile. If I decide to keep my current configuration, the new file
> gets renamed to /path/to/conffile.dpkg-dist. If my understanding is correct,
> the the included patch should be applied.
Yes, I'm quite sure you are correct.
Thanks for the patch.
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