Hi, the configuration files of all debian packages are located in /etc. That's really fine.
But the package manager stores its configuration (access method, list of selected packages, ...) somewhere in /var/lib/dpkg. Why? If these items would be stored in /etc, one could rebuild the system from scratch solely from a backup copy of /etc and a debian mirror. BTW: /etc/debian_version is not a configurable item (it would be fine to upgrade the system by editing /etc/debian_version :-) Cheers, Thomas -- Th. Gebhardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------- HRZ, Hans Meerwein Strasse, Phone: +49-6421/28-3572 D-35032 Marburg, Germany Fax : -6994
