On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 02:25:32PM +0100, Alf Werder wrote:
> How does dpkg handle the upgrade of a package, if file ownership und
> access permissions of an installed file was changed manually? Does it
> keep the modified state, asks me or just reinstall the old ownership and
> access permissions?

It steps on them, as it should.  If you don't want it to, you need to tell
it that.

# man dpkg-statoverride

is your friend.

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