On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:49:19PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote:
> > > > Sounds like you want dpkg --force-confmiss.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't expect that since the documentation states:
> > >
> > > confmiss: Always install a missing configuration
> > > file. This is dangerous, since it means not pre-
> > > serving a change (removing) made to the file.
> > >
> > > How could it be dangerous to install a *missing* configuration file?
> >
> > If the default configuration data in the file do something you don't want.
>
> For example...
I don't know, but I know plenty of default configuration files that set
something up. Maybe "dangerous" is a bit extreme choice of words, but the
negative effect isn't implausible.
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