On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 18:11, Cliff Wells wrote: > On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 23:19, Tsuyoshi Takada wrote: > > It seems that new proftpd and existing proftpd-xinetd conflict. > > How should I do? > > I don't want to "rpm -e proftpd", because proftpd setting file will also > > be deleted... > > I don't think so. If you've modified a configuration file, rpm -e won't > remove it (nor will rpm -hUv replace it). I do believe it will be > renamed to <filename>.rpmsave though. > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/max-rpm-html/s1-rpm-erase-and-config-files.html > > If in doubt, just back up the file someplace safe. >
This is a good idea since the rpm packager must identify the file as a config file and not all do this well. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
