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Re: When bind9 reinstalls, no db.root



On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:32:00PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote:
> > > I'm confused by the behavior of apt-get install --reinstall.  I found
> > > out yesterday that the /etc/bind/db.root file was missing on my name
> > > server.  I was able to recover by linking to an old copy and
> > > restarting bind9.  However, when deleted the link and performed the
> > > --reinstall command, the db.root file was not restored.
> > 
> > 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.

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