On Jan 8, 2013 3:43 PM, "David Guntner" <davidg@akamail.net> wrote:
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> Hi, all.
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> Regardless of an etc-update like tool, is that how it works in Debian?
> Does it avoid overwriting config files which have been changed by you
> since they were installed, and if so, does it put the new content with
> an easy-to-search-for .something at the end?
>
Yes - modified config files are not overwritten (unless you choose to in the upgrade process when asked by apt about what to do with given conf file). The new file (or old if you choose to overwrite) will be saved in the location of your config file with suffix .new (or .old) (iirc).
darkestkhan