[Pkg-exim4-users] upgrading from sarge to etch

[Tony Heal]

There is a way. I got it from the debian user's list.

Daniel Burrows sent me a hint and this is the 'how to'

cat > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/etch-upgrade <<EOF
APT {
    Get {
        Assume-Yes "true";
        Fix-Broken "true";
        Force-Yes "true";
        };
    };
DPkg
{
  // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
  Options {"--force-confold";}
}
EOF

The syntax for this file can be found
/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf  
/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz

Tony Heal
Pace Systems Group, Inc.
800-624-5999
theal at pace2020.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pkg-exim4-users-bounces+theal=pace2020.com at lists.alioth.debian.org [mailto:pkg-exim4-users-
> bounces+theal=pace2020.com at lists.alioth.debian.org] On Behalf Of Tony Heal
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:02 PM
> To: pkg-exim4-users at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Subject: [Pkg-exim4-users] upgrading from sarge to etch
> 
> Is there any way to stop being prompted about the configuration file changes when upgrading from
> sarge to etch. I use
> exim4 in a very minimal way and I would gladly let the package upgrade/change whatever it wants, but
> I can not determine
> how to do this.
> 
> 
> 
> My goal is to create a 'push button' upgrade from sarge to etch, but exim4 is one of my sticking
> points. Here is an
> example of one of the 20 or so prompts during the upgrade
> 
> 
> 
> Configuration file `/etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples'
> 
>  ==> Deleted (by you or by a script) since installation.
> 
>  ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
> 
>    What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
> 
>     Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
> 
>     N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
> 
>       D     : show the differences between the versions
> 
>       Z     : background this process to examine the situation
> 
>  The default action is to keep your current version.
> 
> *** 30_exim4-config_examples (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I do not care how this gets answered (or if it does) as long as I can prevent the upgrade from
> stopping at these.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> 
> Tony
> 
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