Hello, On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, dE . wrote: > By default, when overwriting config files, dpkg will ask about it > and the default action will be no. On Desktop systems with > inexperienced users, the default action may not be a good idea (for > .e.g. when updating sudoers). > > So is there a way to preserve only some conf files and overwrite the > rest (as default action)? These configuration files are the ones > that the admin modified so they should remain the default.
Please ask such questions to [email protected]. [email protected] is about the development of dpkg. (There's the --force-confnew switch that you can use but it can't be selectively applied only for some configurations files. It's an all or nothing kind of option.) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule-rh/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
