Re: Feature request: Reset configuration
Daniel Bock wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> dpkg-deb --extract foo.deb / /etc
[...]
>> dpkg-deb --conffiles foo.deb | xargs dpkg-deb --extract foo.deb /
[...]
>> dpkg-deb --extract foo.deb / --conffiles
[...]
> Yeah, that's not enough, because these commands don't work, yet. But
> if there would be a command to also reinstall the configuration
> files installed by maintainer scripts, nobody would use them.
I was only suggesting that that’s an interface I would like. It
would be useful for extracting other directories, too, as when I
want to look at the man pages from a not-installed package.
But if something else is just as convenient to use and easier to
implement, I don’t mind. :)
Thanks for your hard work,
Jonathan
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