Re: dpkg -s (was /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten)
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 09:56:20PM -0500, Geordie Birch wrote:
> said Colin Watson (on 2003-01-05),
> > Find the package in which it resides (using 'dpkg -S' or 'dlocate'),
> > then run 'dpkg -s <package>'. The conffiles will be listed.
>
> dpkg -s xserver-xfree86 reports no conffiles. is this because the file is
> generated by debconf rather than included in the .deb?
Yes. More generally, not all configuration files are conffiles (and
scripts that use the debconf interface are only one way to generate
non-conffile configuration files, too).
Conffiles are just those configuration files that are managed by dpkg,
so that it will prompt you about merging local changes on upgrade if the
file has changed in the package.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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