On Jo, 01 aug 19, 08:37:47, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:24:22 +0200 (CEST) > Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > thank you for tour warning, but it's not too difficult to make a > > backup. > > It's not /quite/ that simple. I know that the update process is > 'clever' enough to detect user made config changes and offer options, > but whether that also applies to, in this case, model.dat, IDK.
The only files where one gets a warning are those marked as 'conffiles', and they typically reside in /etc (but not all configuration files in /etc are 'conffiles'). model.dat being a file in /usr/share it will most likely be overwritten without any warning (but I'm too lazy to check). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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