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

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On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 2:34 PM Jaikumar Sharma <jaikumar.sharma@gmail.com>
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";
> }
>

Seems it co-relates with already filed bug
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316049

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Preserving locally modified configuration files - Dpkg::Options  --force-confdef & --force-confold not working on command line Jaikumar Sharma <jaikumar.sharma@gmail.com> - 2021-06-15 11:10 +0200
  Re: Preserving locally modified configuration files - Dpkg::Options  --force-confdef & --force-confold not working on command line Jaikumar Sharma <jaikumar.sharma@gmail.com> - 2021-06-15 12:40 +0200
  Re: Preserving locally modified configuration files - Dpkg::Options  --force-confdef & --force-confold not working on command line "jaikuma...@gmail.com" <jaikumar.sharma@gmail.com> - 2021-06-15 12:50 +0200
  Re: Preserving locally modified configuration files - Dpkg::Options  --force-confdef & --force-confold not working on command line Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-06-15 13:00 +0200
    Re: Preserving locally modified configuration files - Dpkg::Options  --force-confdef & --force-confold not working on command line Jaikumar Sharma <jaikumar.sharma@gmail.com> - 2021-06-16 06:20 +0200

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