Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 1) When this is all done, will settings in /etc, such as my network > > settings be changed? > > apt-get always asks you before overwriting a /etc file. Just select 'no' > (the default, iirc) and it will leave the /etc settings untouched. (It > will do this for each /etc/ file separately, so you can clobber some and > not others.) Also, I believe apt-get makes backups of /etc files you tell > it to overwrite (someone correct me if i'm wrong?)
>From scant experience, the new conffile gets a .dpkg-dist suffix if you choose to keep the old one. If you replace the old one it gets a .dpkg-old suffix tagged on. For just a look on what junk is floating around: find /etc -name '*.dpkg*' -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
