On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 10:04:37PM +0200, Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2026-09-16, alain williams wrote: > > > A had files in /etc/bind/ with names like db.local which got renamed to > > db.local.dpkg-remove > [...] > > It also copied files so named.conf.default-zones was copied to > > named.conf.default-zones.dpkg-backup -- both files are the same but > > named.conf.default-zones has today's timestamp, > > named.conf.default-zones.dpkg-backup is a couple of years old. > > > > Also Dovecot - changed the syntax of the config files -- sigh. I do not > > blame > > Debian for that. > > You should have some warnings about these changes during upgrade. If you > missed them you could retrieve them in /var/log/apt/term.log
In theory ... but that file is 678k (7,840 lines) in size - that will take some time to look through - meanwhile my system is broken. Best just leave files that it knows nothing about alone. My config files I do by hand and they go back to 2007. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>
