On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:49:09AM +0100, Joseph Haig wrote: } When upgrading with "apt-get upgrade" I get the option to install a new } configuration file or keep the existing one. The options are } } Y or I : install the package maintainer's version } N or O : keep your currently-installed version } } Now, I know that with either Y or I and N or O, both old and new } versions of the file are saved, but it doesn't say which! Which of N } or O do I need to use to save a copy of the new file?
If you install the new version, the old version is saved with an extension of .dpkg-old; if you choose not to install the new version, the new version is placed next to the old with the extension .dpkg-new. Actually, upon inspection of files in /etc, it looks like the extension is .dpkg-dist rather than .dpkg-new, and I see a few files with a .O extension that I think should be .dpkg-old, so now I'm not sure. Take this with a grain of salt, I guess. At the very least, you can choose to diff the files. If you do, you will see at the top the filenames of both the old and new files, and you can copy the new one somewhere to save it (in another shell) to be certain. } Thanks, } Joe --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
