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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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