On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 13:36, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > > * Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-08 21:03]: > > > This behaviour is managed by dpkg, and apt does not override it. You are > > > correct that by default, dpkg does not do anything about a missing > > > configuration file (this is considered a configuration change by the > > > administrator, and preserved). You can override that with > > > --force-confmiss > > > (a dpkg option, not an apt option). > > > > BTW, this may be a stupid question, but is there a way to tell apt to > > pass some options to dpkg? I needed this the other day and couldn't > > easily find it. > > > apt-get -o Dpkg::options=...
No. apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::=--first-arg -o Dpkg::Options::=--second-arg The apt option key is case insensitive. Note the trailing ::.
