From 81c09e50e3c3f0b8097640441ea1e032c3723d5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wichert Akkerman Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 02:40:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update dpkg manpage for --force-conf* options --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ main/dpkg.8 | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 56110b15..3143a1d8 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Thu Oct 14 04:39:25 CEST 1999 Wichert Akkerman + + * Update dpkg manpage to add new --force-conf* options + Thu Oct 14 04:16:25 CEST 1999 Wichert Akkerman * Reinstate patch to not read available-file with doing listfiles. diff --git a/main/dpkg.8 b/main/dpkg.8 index 9a62457d..2ec6109a 100644 --- a/main/dpkg.8 +++ b/main/dpkg.8 @@ -364,6 +364,19 @@ Don't care about versions when checking dependencies. Install, even if it conflicts with another package. This is dangerous, for it will usually cause overwriting of some files. +\fBconfnew\fP: +If a conffile has been modified always install the new version without +prompting. + +\fBconfold\fP: +If a conffile has been modified always keep the old version without prompting. + +\fBconfdef\fP: +If a conffile has been modified always choose the default action. If +\fB--force-confnew\fP or \fB--force-confold\fP have also been given +always default. If there is no default then we use the old or new +version, depending on the option given. + \fBoverwrite\fP(*): Overwrite one package's file with another's file. -- 2.39.5