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Re: protecting files during upgrade



sacampbe@mercator.math.uwaterloo.ca (Sue Campbell) writes:

> It would be nice to have a feature to allow files changed by you to
> be protected during upgrades. It is not uncommon to modify files on the
> system (including editing shell scripts and changing file permissions) only to
> lose the changes during an upgrade.

You can do this with dpkg-divert.


Guy


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