On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:53:00PM +0100, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > Although this clutters up /etc they could be saved as *.dpkg-last or > > so. New packages' conffiles can be saved as *.dpkg-new just like dpkg > > currently does if one chooses not to install the new file. Before a > > new version is installed *.dpkg-new would be renamed to *.dpkg-last. > > ... and they will probably deleted my many admins thinking they are not > needed. I don't think you can count on leaving them in /etc and finding > them again.
And why shouldn't they. If anything, this should belong to /var/lib/dpkg/ -- Jean-Christophe Dubacq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
