Re: config files and packages

2002-09-20 Thread Jeff Cours
Amir Tal wrote: > a small peice of advice : > BACKUP ! No arguments here - anywhere under /etc, RCS is my friend. :-) - Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: config files and packages

2002-09-20 Thread Amir Tal
On Friday 20 September 2002 20:58, Jeff Cours wrote: > Debian wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 10:33:56AM -0700, Jeff Cours wrote: > >>Can I just edit files under /etc as > >>necessary? What happens to them when I upgrade > > > > Simply put. Yes you can. And yes apt is smart enough. > > Great

Re: config files and packages

2002-09-20 Thread Jeff Cours
Debian wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 10:33:56AM -0700, Jeff Cours wrote: > >>Can I just edit files under /etc as >>necessary? What happens to them when I upgrade > > Simply put. Yes you can. And yes apt is smart enough. Great - thanks! Let the editing begin! - Jeff Cours -- To UNSUBSC

Re: config files and packages

2002-09-20 Thread Debian
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 10:33:56AM -0700, Jeff Cours wrote: > Apologies in advance for a very much newbie question. I'm trying to > make the transition from Mandrake to Debian (stable right now, with > plans to track testing once I get stable working). There are a bunch > of things that Mandrak

config files and packages

2002-09-20 Thread Jeff Cours
Apologies in advance for a very much newbie question. I'm trying to make the transition from Mandrake to Debian (stable right now, with plans to track testing once I get stable working). There are a bunch of things that Mandrake auto-configured that I'm going to have to configure manually with