On Tue 15 Jun 2021 at 14:34:12 +0530, Jaikumar Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In debian 9.13 server, i'm using custom configuration (locally modified)
> file /etc/samba/smb.conf , I do not want to upgrade this file and retain
> the old configuration file without prompting during automatic upgrades but
> it is still giving me the prompt even after specifying on command line :
>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef -o
> Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold -y --allow-unauthenticated
>
> Still prompt/complain about locally modified configuration file, as per
> documentation it should work.
>
> and
>
> I've also tried to put these below command in a config file under
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50-unattended-upgrades :
>
> Dpkg::Options {
> "--force-confdef";
> "--force-confold";
> }
>
> but behaviour is the same in both cases.
>
> Does somebody know what may be wrong here? or i'm doing it wrong?
I wonder whether using dpkg-divert(1) would help in preserving your
modified file?
--
Brian.
