Re: Reinstalling original package maintainers conf file

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-03-23 08:41, VR wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I apt-get dist-upgrade 'ed a system to Lenny and selected to not use the 
> package maintainers .conf file for "syslog" during that install.
>
> After documenting the changes from the old syslog.conf I'm now trying to 
> reinstall sysklogd to acquire the package maintainers /etc/sysklogd.conf.
>
> Is there a way to reinstall the sysklod package and have it prompt me 
> again to use the package maintainers sysklogd.conf?

I'd try:
# apt-get --reinstall sysklod

Surely there's an analogous aptitude option.

--
"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak
or the timid."  Dwight Eisenhower