Re: When bind9 reinstalls, no db.root

[Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 09:42:53PM +0200, Josip Rodin 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...