Daniel Bock wrote: > Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> dpkg-deb --extract foo.deb / /etc [...] >> dpkg-deb --conffiles foo.deb | xargs dpkg-deb --extract foo.deb / [...] >> dpkg-deb --extract foo.deb / --conffiles [...] > Yeah, that's not enough, because these commands don't work, yet. But > if there would be a command to also reinstall the configuration > files installed by maintainer scripts, nobody would use them.
I was only suggesting that that’s an interface I would like. It would be useful for extracting other directories, too, as when I want to look at the man pages from a not-installed package. But if something else is just as convenient to use and easier to implement, I don’t mind. :) Thanks for your hard work, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100628164840.gb9...@burratino
