Re: Moving conffiles

[Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org>]

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Kilian Krause <kilian@debian.org> writes:

> Hi Roger,
>
> Am Sonntag, den 11.09.2005, 13:04 +0100 schrieb Roger Leigh:
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>> Hi folks,
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>> Is there a recommended way of changing the location of a conffile
>> while still preserving user modifications?
>> 
>> In this case, I'd like to move /etc/schroot.conf to
>> /etc/schroot/schroot.conf.
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> mv? Alternatively cp -a&&rm.

Yes, but I want to properly comply with policy.  I only want to do the
copy on upgrade if the conffile is (a) untouched and (b) the original
exists.  I'm not sure this is sufficient, though, and others must have
needed to do this in the past.


Thanks,
Roger

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