On Tuesday, 19 April 2016 11:44:06 PM AEST Andreas Beckmann wrote: > On 2016-04-19 23:31, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > > Why would it be wrong to remove cron job? Because of potential > > modifications, right? > > configuration files must be retained after removal, they are only > removed during purge > > conffiles (i.e. configuration files *shipped* by the package in /etc and > managed by dpkg) must not be touched by maintainer scripts (removal > would be noticed by dpkg and will be remembered - the file won't come > back on upgrade/reinstallation (unless the package is purged inbetween); > modification will cause dpkg to prompt about a "modified conffile" upon > upgrades) > > (see the respective policy sections for longer definitions of > 'configuration file' and 'conffile')
I remember now... Thank you for feedback and explanation, Andreas. I've never had to install a cron job before... -- All the best, Dmitry Smirnov.
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