Re: What do I use to reconfigure the network /after/ initial install on Etch?
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:58:20 -0500
John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Manual changes to conffiles are preserved.
>
> Celejar writes:
> > Yes, but if you edit it by hand, then it won't be updated when a new
> > version becomes available.
>
> You will be offered the choice of keeping your version or replacing it with
> the new version.
Yes, but neither choice is entirely satisfactory; if I keep my version,
I don't get any improvements the devs / maints have made, and if I
choose the new one, I (may) have to redo my changes. It is therefore
preferable to make changes through dpkg-reconfigure to avoid this
problem.
Celejar
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