On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:09:57PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote: > I'm confused by the behavior of apt-get install --reinstall. I found > out yesterday that the /etc/bind/db.root file was missing on my name > server. I was able to recover by linking to an old copy and > restarting bind9. However, when deleted the link and performed the > --reinstall command, the db.root file was not restored.
Sounds like you want dpkg --force-confmiss. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]