On 01 Jul 2001 21:15:14 +0200 Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic@chello.at> wrote: > On 01 Jul 2001 11:42:41 -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: <snip> > > Interesting. I know RPM won't overwrite files that have been > > touched. Then again RPM doesn't seem to distinguish between binaries > > and config files. Debian clearly does - it won't overwrite config > > files, but, as you suggest, it will overwrite binaries. Wonder which > > is better.. > > It may well be that I'm wrong. I now realize that I have taken a guess > of mine as a fact. I'd appreciate if somebody who knows about this would > comment on it > > You're right. See the thread about apt messing with my fetchmailrc. One of the reasons I was a little peeved that upgrades kept changing ownership of that particular config file, was that I'd read in the Policy manual that apt/dpkg shouldn't touch locally installed conffiles without asking first. Mart
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