Subject: Re: Dumb question : keep conf at update/reinstall
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Xavier HUMBERT <xavier@xavhome.fr.eu.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/03/2002 14:27:58
In message <20020703135039.0baae472.jmmv@hispabsd.org>,
Julio Merino wrote:

>Section:  6.5 Package configuration files
>
>I think that the package system will take care about not deinstalling
>configuration files when updating/replacing, but I'm not sure. Although
>the way to go with conf files is explained there.

That's what I did, hence " @${MKDIR} -p ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}"

But, no, not a word about keeping conf files. I am looking for a rather
simple package with conf file, to read as an example, but even with
grep's help that's not that easy ...

Thanks,
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