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Re: Restoring config files from default



On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 04:15:55PM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to restore the config files in /etc to the default versions
> for a few packages. I tried
> 	dpkg-reconfigure PACKAGE
> but it did not restore the config file.
> 
> How do I go about this?
> 
> Please cc me in your reply. Thanks!
> Shaun
> 
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Hi Shuan,
if you purge the package it will remove the binary files and config
files. At that point, you then reinstall the package and it will have
the default configs. That is what I would do, but there may be a better
way.
-Kev

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