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Re: Init scripts as conffiles



On Tuesday 15 February 2011 15:16:27 Tony Houghton wrote:
> How about I file a wishlist bug for dpkg and apt for an option similar
> to purge but which only purges files which haven't been altered from the
> package's default?

From what I understand, neither APT nor dpkg know if a file has been modified 
since it has been installed.  Some packages ship with debsums, but not all.  
Neither the original .deb or any sort of "exploded" form is saved for the 
entire time a package is installed.
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