On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:49:19PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 09:42:53PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > > > Sounds like you want dpkg --force-confmiss. > > > > > > > > I wouldn't expect that since the documentation states: > > > > > > > > confmiss: Always install a missing configuration > > > > file. This is dangerous, since it means not pre- > > > > serving a change (removing) made to the file. > > > > > > > > How could it be dangerous to install a *missing* configuration file? > > > > > > If the default configuration data in the file do something you don't want. > > > > For example... > > autofs. First thing I do when I install autofs in at networked environmemt is > rm /etc/auto.* > because I want to use the NIS maps.
I don't think that example works for all of the auto.* files. The master file references the other files. Removing the master eliminates the references to the others. However, adding auto.furball won't affect autofs unless auto.master references it. > > Greetings, > Oliver > -- > Oliver Kurth > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://leinekanal.de