Re: newbie question on finding and keeping customized files with dpkg or apt

Marco Prandini wrote: Hello, I'm switching to Debian after a long time on RedHat, and I haven't been able to find a couple of functions of the package manager I'd like to use... hoping they exist at all! 1) I'd like to find which files of a package have been altered with respect to the ori

Re: newbie question on finding and keeping customized files with dpkg or apt

Marco Prandini wrote: [...] 1) I'd like to find which files of a package have been altered with respect to the original version, in the same way I did with "rpm -V". 2) I'd like to instruct "apt-get upgrade" to leave them alone For 2) you can use dpkg-divert to tell dpkg (the low-level packa

Re: newbie question on finding and keeping customized files with dpkg or apt

Hi Marco, if it is enough for you to just check for MD5 sums then use the debsums program, it does that for you. Cheers Oli Þann 2006-04-14, 18:04:03 (+0200) skrifaði Marco Prandini: > > Hello, > I'm switching to Debian after a long time on RedHat, and I haven't been > able to find a couple of

Re: newbie question on finding and keeping customized files with dpkg or apt

On (14/04/06 18:04), Marco Prandini wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: Marco Prandini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Marco Prandini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:04:03 +0200 > Subject: newbie question on finding and keeping customized files with dpkg > or apt > > > He