On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:19:40 -0400, Sean Higgins wrote:

> > It exists as an option with dispatch-conf, as do options to
> > automatically replace files if the only differences are whitespace
> > and comments.
> 
> But, it does not automatically do an update if the original file has
> not changed.  That would be a cool feature.  How often are files
> changed, for example in /etc/init.d, but you have not changed that
> file?  I would love the option to automatically update any
> configuration file that I did not change from the original install.

No it does not do it automatically, that would be dangerous, You have to
enable the option first in /etc/dispatch-conf.conf

# Automerge files that the user hasn't modified
# (yes or no)
replace-unmodified=yes


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