On Wed 21 Mar 2018 at 09:13:43 (+0100), Harald Dunkel wrote: > How can I view the diffs between my local modified config file > (maybe modified 2 years ago) and the maintainer's config file > included in the currently installed package or in a pending > package upgrade? I would like to review my diffs, before running > "apt upgrade".
If you unpack the package somewhere, either using ar etc or, more easily, by selecting it in mc and copying CONTENTS into, say, /tmp $ for j in $(dpkg -L packagename) ; do [ -f $j ] && diff -u $j /tmp/CONTENTS/$j ; done will list any changes. For example: $ for j in $(dpkg -L initramfs-tools) ; do [ -f $j ] && diff -u $j /tmp/CONTENTS/$j ; done --- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf 2018-01-22 15:19:07.666686422 -0600 +++ /tmp/CONTENTS//etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf 2014-10-27 00:00:00.000000000 -0500 @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ # Default is no # If set to no leaves no .bak backup files. -backup_initramfs=yes +backup_initramfs=no $ Add quotes "" to taste. And you may need to chmod u+w /tmp/CONTENTS to clear it out when finished. Cheers, David.
