On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 10:11:28PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-05 03:58:02 +0000]: > > On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 05:23:13PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Of course, if apt-get ever updates dhclient, the package may overwrite > > > /etc/dhclient-script, so keep a seperate copy!!!! > > > > No, it won't. /etc/dhclient-script is marked as a conffile, so if you've > > made local changes then they will be preserved; you'll be prompted to > > merge changes from the package's copy if there are any. > > How is it possible to know that it is marked as a conffile?
Find the package in which it resides (using 'dpkg -S' or 'dlocate'), then run 'dpkg -s <package>'. The conffiles will be listed. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
