This one time, at band camp, Mark Yobb said: > Help somebody? I'm using the most recent stable version of woody. > > /etc/dhcp3/dhclients-script > /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf > /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/debug-enter > /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/debug-exit > > Are not being installed when I install dhcp3-client. I have > uninstalled this package and the tried to reinstall it and the files > are not showing up. > > dpkg -L dhcp3-client > > shows the files are in this package. > > Why are they not being installed? > > I first installed dhcp-client and then switched to dhcp3-client. I > generally use dselect for installation and uninstallation > requirements. I tried using dpkg -i directly from the file on the CD > but this did not help.
I think that you have been bitten by a not very obvious 'feature' of dpkg. One of the worst things an upgrade can do to your program is to stomp all over your personal configuration, so dpkg has a way to test the 'state' of config file. 'Absent' is a valid state for a config file, though, so if config files go missing once, dpkg won't reinstall thm without being explicitly told. dpkg -i --force-confmiss deb should fix it for you. man dpkg for the gory details. HTH, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | I hate trolls. Maybe I could metamorph | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | it into something else -- like a | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | ravenous, two-headed, fire-breathing | | | dragon. -- Willow | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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