On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:07:51PM +0200, Josef Spillner wrote: > I have trouble installing configuration files into /etc. > They're in the distribution, and are marked in DEBIAN/conffiles. > > However, they're unpacked as /etc/$name.dpkg-new,
Yes, that's the normal way conffiles are unpacked. > and during the configuration of the package they're erased. I believe that, if the user has removed the conffile locally, then that will be considered a configuration choice and so it'll be preserved - that is, the file won't be reinstalled. You have to use the --force-confmiss option to dpkg to reinstall it, although you probably don't want to use that option indiscriminately (it's marked as dangerous in 'dpkg --force-help'). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
