Re: Overwriting conf-files (dpkg-divert them or not?)
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 08:21:36PM +0000, debacle wrote:
> for a local package (non-official, non-Debian, my-pet-admin-only) I want
> to overwrite a number of conffiles belonging to other packages. Certainly
> this is bad style anyway, but it seems to fit. Of course, I don't want to
> kill the original files permanently, so I think dpkg-diverting them is the
> right way. Are there any issues when dpkg-diverting conffiles?
Yes, don't do it. Search the list archives; this has come up several times.
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- mdz
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