On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 11:23:48PM +0800, ?????? wrote: > >Just replace them with the original files. You may have a > >/etc/deconf.conf.dpkg-dist file--this is the unmodified file from the > >package. > > I am sorry I did not find such file, this means I have to backup first > next time. But what about this time? :-(
It will only be there if you modified the file, and then later installed a new version of the package that wants to update the conffile. Since it's not there, you can just grab a copy from the debconf source. 'apt-get source debconf' should fetch the source for you, if you have the proper deb-src line in /etc/apt/sources.list. You'll find it in the top level of the extracted directory. > >The system will never really "take control" of a conffile. If you've > >made changes, dpkg will prompt you about it when trying to upgrade the > >file. > > So the md5sum of one conffile will never be evaluated unless dpkg is ready > to upgrade this conffile, and I will not be prompted before that. This means > the newest version is prefered, is this correct? I believe so. > And there is another problem: what if the administrator deleted one > conffile? If a newer version of this conffile from package maintainer > is available, shall I be prompted to put this file into its directory? > Or the system will ignore it since it was deleted before? It will stay deleted, since removal of a conffile is considered a local admin change. If you want to restore it, you have to do so manually. > All of my problems is relevant to whether the administrator can switch > the state of one conffile (between modifing handly and upgrading > automatically) > flexibly. I believe the only way get "automatic" conffile updates is to manually ensure the md5sum of the conffile matches the md5sum listed in /var/lib/dpkg/info/somepackage.md5sums. I'm not well-versed in dpkg internals though, so I'm not sure if that's correct. Really, I wouldn't worry about what dpkg thinks about a certain conffile. As long as the conffile is configured to do what you want, you should be fine. If dpkg notices a conffile has been modified when it wants to update it, it'll ask you what to do. At that time, you can deal with it. -- For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
