On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Benj wrote: > > > Ok thanks, and because I would like usually to upgrade stuff, am I sure that > the new files will correctly overwrite the old files in their specific > directories ?
no! if you're going to upgrade debian pacakges, you'll do better if you dpkg --purge old-packages debian enforces files going to specific locations that not always are followed by original packages, things like /etc,/var,/usr/lib ... []s, Mario O.de Menezes "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21