On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:31:02 -0400 Ken Long <klong@memach.com> wrote: <snip> > So, here is my question. How can I make it so that if I upgrade the > sysvinit package on a system, it will either just not touch the > /sbin/shutdown file, or better yet, redirect the new /sbin/shutdown > file to /sbin/shutdown.real instead? Is that possible? dpkg-divert does exactly what you're looking for. "man dpkg-divert" for more information. > Thanks in advance for your help! Any time! Jacob -- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Random .signature #13: The nice thing about Windows is - It doesn't just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first.
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