On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 11:02:58AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Why would you install the package (which presumably includes > configuration) and then immediately reconfigure it?
You upgrade a package, and it gets installed with your previous configuration, and you want to change that configuration. dpkg --configure simply re-runs the postinstall script, which (assuming debconf was used) would simply reconfigure using the previous configuration again. -- Scott Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Consultant http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott Looking for a husband? Know anyone looking for a husband? Well, I'm looking for a wife. See http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott/wife.shtml Want a good deal on a personal computer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada? Visit http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott/computers.shtml [ Unsolicited commercial and junk e-mail will be proof-read for US$100 ] "Do infants have as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery?" - ???
