Re: When bind9 reinstalls, no db.root
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:49:19PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote:
> > 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...
>
> autofs. First thing I do when I install autofs in at networked environmemt is
> rm /etc/auto.*
> because I want to use the NIS maps.
I don't think that example works for all of the auto.* files. The
master file references the other files. Removing the master
eliminates the references to the others. However, adding auto.furball
won't affect autofs unless auto.master references it.
>
> Greetings,
> Oliver
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> Oliver Kurth
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