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on Thursday 01/01/2009 Nikos Chantziaras(realnc@×××××.de) wrote |
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> John covici wrote: |
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> > Also, if I want to roll back, say, /etc/init.d/fsck, I am not sure |
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> > which file to choose -- in the archive directory there is an |
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> > /etc/init.d directory which contains fsck and fsck.dist. I would |
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> > imagine that fsck is my old one and fsck.dist is the new one -- now |
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> > what happens if this file is updated again? |
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> No, that is not how it works. New files have the prefix "._" (as is |
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> also reported by dispatch-conf.) |
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> ".dist" is usually a file that is bundled with the upstream tarball. It |
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> usually serves as an example. |
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> You cannot roll back if you choose to keep the new file with |
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> dispatch-conf and didn't backup the current one first. |
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Then what is the purpose of the config-archive directory which I was |
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asked to create? |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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