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. -- Marc Wilson | A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a | little physical antipathy. -- Nietzsche -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]