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Re: Get-apt Does it overwrite ?



"Daniel Ray" <daniel@softracamerica.com> wrote:
>when you get updated files  does it overwrite current configuration?

If it does it's a bug. You'll always be asked about files that are
marked as "conffiles" (see 'dpkg -s packagename' for the list of
conffiles owned by that package). Anything else is up to the individual
package, but they should always ask you or ensure that they only make
non-destructive changes.

-- 
Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]



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