Re: apt-get -y upgrade for non-interactive sessions - and replacing conf files in /etc
On 05-Jul-07, 14:06 (CDT), Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@Ethgen.de> wrote:
> Am Do den 5. Jul 2007 um 20:57 schrieb Alan Ezust:
> > I passed -y as an option, and then during the postinst, I have a
> > situation where the package has a configuration file which is newer
> > than what it is about to replace. I would like it to just replace the
> > configuration file without asking me, but it won't do that, even if I
> > pass the -y option.
>
> I think the following lines will help:
> export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
> export DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical
That's only for debconf; I think Alan is talking about the dpkg level
conffile handling.
Alan, you know that it should only be prompting you on conffiles you actually
modified? Do you really want those overwritten?
Steve
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