Re: Preserving locally modified configuration files - Dpkg::Options --force-confdef & --force-confold not working on command line

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Tue 15 Jun 2021 at 14:34:12 +0530, Jaikumar Sharma wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In debian 9.13 server, i'm using custom configuration (locally modified)
> file /etc/samba/smb.conf , I do not want to upgrade this file and retain
> the old configuration file without prompting during automatic upgrades  but
> it is still giving me the prompt even after specifying on command line :
> 
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef -o
> Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold -y --allow-unauthenticated
> 
> Still prompt/complain about locally modified configuration file, as per
> documentation it should work.
> 
> and
> 
> I've also tried to put these below command in a config file under
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50-unattended-upgrades :
> 
> Dpkg::Options {
>   "--force-confdef";
>  "--force-confold";
> }
> 
> but behaviour is the same in both cases.
> 
> Does somebody know what may be wrong here? or i'm doing it wrong?

I wonder whether using dpkg-divert(1) would help in preserving your
modified file?

-- 
Brian.