On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 06:40:18PM -0400, Alice M. Pinard wrote: > shouldn't reinstalling the package those files came from put them back? No, because "deleted" is a valid state for a configuration file. Use the --force-confmiss option to dpkg. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org