On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 08:29:40AM +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2016-03-24, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > > On 03/23/2016 07:46 PM, John Hasler wrote: > >> David Christensen writes: > >>> If I am running version N, have changed the configuration file to M', > >>> and then upgrade to version N+1, you're saying dist-upgrade throws > >>> away +X and -Y. I may want or need those. > >> > >> The package management system will notice that you have changed the > >> file. You will be asked if you want to keep the old version, install > >> the new one, look at a diff, or shell out and do something else. > > > > Okay -- not as grim as I thought. > > Yeah, it's like there are people behind the scenes thinking these things > out ahead of time or something!
Yeah, it's a scary thought! Takes a bit of time to get used to if you migrate here from *another* OS. :) -- The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. -- Malcolm X
