On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:04:10PM +0100, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Ben Collins wrote: > > > conffiles? Or maybe just to check which conffiles was modified? `dpkg -s > > > package' only displays conffile with its MD5 sum. > > > > dpkg --force-help > > > > There are several --force-* options for conffiles, maybe one fits your > > needs. To be honest, dpkg always prompts for modified conffiles, when > > the new one is different than the original. It wont prompt when there is > > no change in the original package. Might be a nice --force option to > > always overwrite the conffiles with the one in the package. File a > > wishlist bug. > > But it didn't prompt when I changed conffile and then ran `apt-get > --reinstall install package'. What is wrong?
Pay attention to what I said. It only prompts when the original conffile of the package you have installed differs from the original that you are about to install. Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
