Jeronimo Pellegrini([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi. > > I was looking at bug #247336, and wondering if it's possible at all > to get the original conffile for an installed .deb. > > Is this information stored in the installed system somewhere? (Other > than /var/cache/apt/archives, which does not necessarily have the .deb > anymore) > Given a package, I know how to: > > - Get the list of conffiles > - Get the md5 hash of each conffile (from /var/lib/dpkg/info) > > But I suppose the original conffiles are not stored? > > (I'd like to back up diffs of modified files, as opposed to a full dump > of /etc).
Not sure if I am understanding exactly what you want. I _think_ you are looking for *.dpkg-dist config files. If so then find /etc -iname \*.dpkg-dist should do it. Wayne -- Operator! Trace this call and tell me where I am. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
