Re: Y or I, N or O
--- Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph Haig wrote: > > --- Oliver Elphick wrote: > > > > > >>On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 10:49 +0100, Joseph Haig wrote: > >> > >>>When upgrading with "apt-get upgrade" I get the option to install > a > >> > >>new > >> > >>>configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are > >>> > >>>Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > >>>N or O : keep your currently-installed version > >>> > >>>Now, I know that with either Y or I and N or O, both old and new > >>>versions of the file are saved, but it doesn't say which! Which > of > >> > >>N > >> > >>>or O do I need to use to save a copy of the new file? > >> > >>Either. > >> > >>If you choose Y, the existing configuration file will be saved as > >>.dpkg-old and replaced by the package's version. > >> > >>If you choose N, the existing configuration file will be left > >>untouched > >>and the new version will be saved in the same directory under the > >>name > >>.dpkg-dist (or .dpkg-new). > > > > > > Thanks. But if this is the case, what do I and O do? > > They decide which one is going to have the original name, right now. > > i.e. if you hit I, the the new one will be called and the > old > one will be called .dpkg-old, and if you start the program > without changing anything (which is very likely to happen as most of > the > programs with global configuration files are daemons which are > restarted > immediately), then the package maintainer's configuration will be > used > immediately. > Thanks. What I meant was how does I differ from Y, and O differ from N, because I originally thought that one option in each case would delete the unused config file. Someone has already said that there is no difference. Bye, Joe ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Y or I, N or O
Joseph Haig wrote: > --- Oliver Elphick wrote: > > >>On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 10:49 +0100, Joseph Haig wrote: >> >>>When upgrading with "apt-get upgrade" I get the option to install a >> >>new >> >>>configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are >>> >>>Y or I : install the package maintainer's version >>>N or O : keep your currently-installed version >>> >>>Now, I know that with either Y or I and N or O, both old and new >>>versions of the file are saved, but it doesn't say which! Which of >> >>N >> >>>or O do I need to use to save a copy of the new file? >> >>Either. >> >>If you choose Y, the existing configuration file will be saved as >>.dpkg-old and replaced by the package's version. >> >>If you choose N, the existing configuration file will be left >>untouched >>and the new version will be saved in the same directory under the >>name >>.dpkg-dist (or .dpkg-new). > > > Thanks. But if this is the case, what do I and O do? They decide which one is going to have the original name, right now. i.e. if you hit I, the the new one will be called and the old one will be called .dpkg-old, and if you start the program without changing anything (which is very likely to happen as most of the programs with global configuration files are daemons which are restarted immediately), then the package maintainer's configuration will be used immediately. --Ken Bloom -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Y or I, N or O
Joseph Haig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Oliver Elphick wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 10:49 +0100, Joseph Haig wrote: > > > configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are > > > > > > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > > > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > > > > > If you choose Y, the existing configuration file will be saved as > > .dpkg-old and replaced by the package's version. > > > > If you choose N, the existing configuration file will be left > > untouched > > and the new version will be saved in the same directory under the > > name .dpkg-dist (or .dpkg-new). > Thanks. But if this is the case, what do I and O do? The same - I is a synonym for Y and O for N. cu Philipp -- Dr. Philipp Pagel Tel. +49-89-3187-3675 Institute for Bioinformatics / MIPS Fax. +49-89-3187-3585 GSF - German National Research Center for Environment and Health http://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Y or I, N or O
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:49:09AM +0100, Joseph Haig wrote: } When upgrading with "apt-get upgrade" I get the option to install a new } configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are } } Y or I : install the package maintainer's version } N or O : keep your currently-installed version } } Now, I know that with either Y or I and N or O, both old and new } versions of the file are saved, but it doesn't say which! Which of N } or O do I need to use to save a copy of the new file? If you install the new version, the old version is saved with an extension of .dpkg-old; if you choose not to install the new version, the new version is placed next to the old with the extension .dpkg-new. Actually, upon inspection of files in /etc, it looks like the extension is .dpkg-dist rather than .dpkg-new, and I see a few files with a .O extension that I think should be .dpkg-old, so now I'm not sure. Take this with a grain of salt, I guess. At the very least, you can choose to diff the files. If you do, you will see at the top the filenames of both the old and new files, and you can copy the new one somewhere to save it (in another shell) to be certain. } Thanks, } Joe --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Y or I, N or O
--- Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 10:49 +0100, Joseph Haig wrote: > > When upgrading with "apt-get upgrade" I get the option to install a > new > > configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are > > > > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > > > > Now, I know that with either Y or I and N or O, both old and new > > versions of the file are saved, but it doesn't say which! Which of > N > > or O do I need to use to save a copy of the new file? > > Either. > > If you choose Y, the existing configuration file will be saved as > .dpkg-old and replaced by the package's version. > > If you choose N, the existing configuration file will be left > untouched > and the new version will be saved in the same directory under the > name > .dpkg-dist (or .dpkg-new). Thanks. But if this is the case, what do I and O do? ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Y or I, N or O
On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 10:49 +0100, Joseph Haig wrote: > When upgrading with "apt-get upgrade" I get the option to install a new > configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are > > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > > Now, I know that with either Y or I and N or O, both old and new > versions of the file are saved, but it doesn't say which! Which of N > or O do I need to use to save a copy of the new file? Either. If you choose Y, the existing configuration file will be saved as .dpkg-old and replaced by the package's version. If you choose N, the existing configuration file will be left untouched and the new version will be saved in the same directory under the name .dpkg-dist (or .dpkg-new). -- Oliver Elphick olly@lfix.co.uk Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA Do you want to know God? http://www.lfix.co.uk/knowing_god.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Y or I, N or O
When upgrading with "apt-get upgrade" I get the option to install a new configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version Now, I know that with either Y or I and N or O, both old and new versions of the file are saved, but it doesn't say which! Which of N or O do I need to use to save a copy of the new file? Thanks, Joe ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
