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On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Arthur de Jong wrote:
> > For example...
>
> Logcheck has a number of files under /etc/logcheck/ignore.d... that are
> marked as configuration files. Removing a configuration files means that
> more information is present in the log summary. (automaticly) Replacing
> these configuration files would result in unwanted behaviour.
Oh I just thought of a better one: a lot of packages have configfiles in
/etc/cron.{daily,monthly,weekly}. Removind a configfile is clearly not the
same as having a default in this case.
Bluntly overwriting the db.root file is also not a good idea since some
people use alternative root nameservers. If you screwed up your package
configuration you should do:
apt-get --purge remove bind9
apt-get install bind9
(maybe apt-get --purge --reinstall install bind9 would be nice)
You either replace you whole configuration or just your binaries. I don't
think tat changing dpkg to do vodoo for you is a good idea.
- -- arthur - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://tiefighter.et.tudelft.nl/~arthur --
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