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Re: upgrading to etch



Quoting Tony Heal <theal@pace2020.com>:

Does anyone know what function/package does the prompting for replacing configuration files during an upgrade? Any one
know how to automate the answers. Here is an example



Configuration file `/etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples'

 ==> Deleted (by you or by a script) since installation.

 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.

   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:

    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version

    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version

      D     : show the differences between the versions

      Z     : background this process to examine the situation

 The default action is to keep your current version.

*** 30_exim4-config_examples (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?





I am getting the same message for exim4, php.ini, sysctl.conf, cupsysd.conf and ntp.conf.



I am looking for a way to automate the answers.

I think apt-get has a " -y " flag which will answer yes for you.
but I'm curious as to why you would want to automate this?
Overwriting default config files could possibly ruin your custom setups.
Wouldn't you want to manually upgrade these packages and config files so that you know what is being changed, rather than just blindly upgrading?

Cheers,
Mike

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