Re: Preserving locally modified configuration files - Dpkg::Options --force-confdef & --force-confold not working on command line
On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 2:40:04 PM UTC+5:30, jaikuma...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In debian 9.13 server, i'm using custom configuration (locally modified) file /etc/samba/smb.conf , I do not want to upgrade this file and retain the old configuration file without prompting during automatic upgrades but it is still giving me the prompt even after specifying on command line :
>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold -y --allow-unauthenticated
>
> Still prompt/complain about locally modified configuration file, as per documentation it should work.
>
> and
>
> I've also tried to put these below command in a config file under /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50-unattended-upgrades :
>
> Dpkg::Options {
> "--force-confdef";
> "--force-confold";
> }
Seems it co-relates with already filed bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316049
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