On 2004-11-19 10:14:12 +0100, Richard Kemp wrote:
Right, but I want to maintain my files in a package and I can't do this
because these files belong to another package.
That's why I ask if a method exists to be able to maintain files coming
from 2 different packages (mainly fo conffiles).
How to install my own conffiles like /etc/bash.bashrc or /etc/screenrc
with a debian package without conflicts with the real package ?
They are *conf* files, so the package installer framework will not
overwrite your modified versions of these files with the versions found in
newer versions of
Michael Sims wrote:
Have you thought about maybe taking a different approach to this
altogether? I'm
assuming the point of this is to make it easier to manage the
configuration of a
group of similar servers...or to restore the configuration of a
particular server in
the case of hardware failure
Alexis Huxley wrote:
They are *conf* files, so the package installer framework will not
overwrite your modified versions of these files with the versions found in
newer versions of the packages without asking you first.
Right, but I want to maintain my files in a package and I can't do this
Richard Kemp wrote:
How to install my own conffiles like /etc/bash.bashrc or /etc/screenrc
with a debian package without conflicts with the real package ?
This is strongly not recommended (by some Debian doc..somewhere..),
though it might be possible to divert the originals. Packages aren't
Michael Spang wrote:
Richard Kemp wrote:
How to install my own conffiles like /etc/bash.bashrc or
/etc/screenrc with a debian package without conflicts with the real
package ?
This is strongly not recommended (by some Debian doc..somewhere..),
though it might be possible to divert the
Richard Kemp wrote:
I know that it's not recommended. But that would be very practical to
be able to maintain its own conffiles easily.
Maybe so. I just read the dpkg-divert manpage and it won't divert
conffiles, either. So I don't think this is possible.
Michael Spang
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Michael Spang wrote:
Maybe so. I just read the dpkg-divert manpage and it won't divert
conffiles, either. So I don't think this is possible.
Yes, I tried with dpkg-divert but the result is very odd, I asked to the
list 2 days ago but I hadn't any answer .. :(
Here what I did, it carries out
Richard Kemp wrote:
Yes, I tried with dpkg-divert but the result is very odd, I asked to
the list 2 days ago but I hadn't any answer .. :(
Have you thought about maybe taking a different approach to this altogether?
I'm
assuming the point of this is to make it easier to manage the
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