fredagen den 10 januari 2003 20.06 skrev Stephen Gran:
> I've seen this behavior occasionally on some of my boxes, and I wonder
> if the problem is that the newer version of a pckage has a conffile that
> the older version doesn't have. Hmmm . . not very clear. Like this:
>
> package-foo_1.2 con
fredagen den 10 januari 2003 20.06 skrev Stephen Gran:
> I've seen this behavior occasionally on some of my boxes, and I wonder
> if the problem is that the newer version of a pckage has a conffile that
> the older version doesn't have. Hmmm . . not very clear. Like this:
>
> package-foo_1.2 con
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That is the individual solution when the trouble is there. But is
> there no way to make the package so that the trouble does not occur,
> or at least is warned for?
If random files go missing on your system you have bigger problems.
I.e. if /etc/f
This one time, at band camp, Karolina Lindqvist said:
> The problem is that those files sometimes tend to disappear by themselves in
> some instances when upgrading. I don't know what circumstances. Maybe due to
> bugs in the packages? Maybe aborted upgrades? It is a reoccuring thing on the
> de
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That is the individual solution when the trouble is there. But is
> there no way to make the package so that the trouble does not occur,
> or at least is warned for?
If random files go missing on your system you have bigger problems.
I.e. if /etc/f
This one time, at band camp, Karolina Lindqvist said:
> The problem is that those files sometimes tend to disappear by themselves in
> some instances when upgrading. I don't know what circumstances. Maybe due to
> bugs in the packages? Maybe aborted upgrades? It is a reoccuring thing on the
> de
fredagen den 10 januari 2003 16.49 skrev Bob Hilliard:
> Policy prohibits overriding conffiles that have been changed by
> the admin. Deleting a file is considered changing it. One must
> assume that the admin deleted the file for a reason. Debian does not
> prevent users from shooting the
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> onsdagen den 8 januari 2003 18.57 skrev Raphael Hertzog:
>> apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss"
>> You can put it once for all in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/.
>> Check man apt.conf for details.
>
That is the individual solution when
fredagen den 10 januari 2003 16.49 skrev Bob Hilliard:
> Policy prohibits overriding conffiles that have been changed by
> the admin. Deleting a file is considered changing it. One must
> assume that the admin deleted the file for a reason. Debian does not
> prevent users from shooting the
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> onsdagen den 8 januari 2003 18.57 skrev Raphael Hertzog:
>> apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss"
>> You can put it once for all in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/.
>> Check man apt.conf for details.
>
That is the individual solution when
onsdagen den 8 januari 2003 18.57 skrev Raphael Hertzog:
> apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss"
>
> You can put it once for all in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/.
> Check man apt.conf for details.
That is the individual solution when the trouble is there. But is there no way
to make the
onsdagen den 8 januari 2003 18.57 skrev Raphael Hertzog:
> apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss"
>
> You can put it once for all in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/.
> Check man apt.conf for details.
That is the individual solution when the trouble is there. But is there no way
to make the
Le Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 01:37:01PM +0100, Karolina Lindqvist écrivait:
> Only that I don't know what to tell apt-get to reinstall such files. And
> then,
> if another file should not be reinstalled, only the essential ones, how to
> deal with that?
>
> There does not appear to be any option to
Le Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 01:37:01PM +0100, Karolina Lindqvist écrivait:
> Only that I don't know what to tell apt-get to reinstall such files. And then,
> if another file should not be reinstalled, only the essential ones, how to
> deal with that?
>
> There does not appear to be any option to apt
I have a problem with files in /etc
As I understand, they are marked as "conffiles". The problem is if such a file
is missing, it won't be reinstalled. How to tell the package system that this
file should be reinstalled if it is deleted?
i.e. The file is essential, and can't be missing.
This has
I have a problem with files in /etc
As I understand, they are marked as "conffiles". The problem is if such a file
is missing, it won't be reinstalled. How to tell the package system that this
file should be reinstalled if it is deleted?
i.e. The file is essential, and can't be missing.
This has
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