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Re: [LUG] dpkg

 

On Wednesday 16 May 2007 20:09, tom@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> When upgrading a package I often get asked if I would like to keep my old
> config or use a developers. Is there a way I can get this again?
> dpkg-reconfig and apt-get install --reinstall don't do the trick...
>

Not as far as I know, but when you install a package and choose to keep your 
existing config, the developer's config is installed alongside your existing 
one as configfile.dpkg-dist, so you should be able to simply copy it over.

HTH,
David.

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www.david-web.co.uk

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