On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 22:56:13 -0600 "Karl O. Pinc" <k...@karlpinc.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 01:45:16 +0000 > Justin B Rye <justin.byam....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > (Personally I have a cronjob that nags me if it sees any *.dpkg-new, > > *.dpkg-old, *.dpkg-save, *.pam-old or *ucf-old files lying about.) > > I noticed with the Buster upgrade that there are some packages > that want to do a "three way merge", which, when it fails, > uses some other long suffix for the files it leaves laying > around. But I forget the name. Finally found them: *.ucf-dist *.merge-error *.ucf-old > Using locate I also notice a few *.dpkg-bak files. That makes the complete list: *.dpkg-new *.dpkg-old *.dpkg-save, *.dpkg-bak, *.pam-old, *.ucf-old, *.ucf-dist, *.merge-error Regards, Karl <k...@karlpinc.com> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein