Hi, On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Russ Allbery wrote: > 1. dpkg-divert the configuration file before replacing it with yours. > This sort of works and sort of doesn't. dpkg doesn't deal well with > diverted configuration files in all cases, and you'll get odd > problems. Whether those odd problems will be significant or not for > you is hard to say.
> 3. Have your package declare that it Replaces the package that ships the > configuration file. This sort of works, but it's probably a bad idea, > since upgrading the original Debian package will probably overwrite > your package's files right back, or result in other weird changes. For both of these points, dpkg should do the right thing nowadays. If it doesn't you're welcome to file a bug report. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110330060509.gd20...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
