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Any package replace /etc/apt/sources.list?

Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user
Date:        Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:08:26 -0400

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:19:25 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:

>> Does any package replace the file /etc/apt/sources.list?
>
> No.
>
> By default /etc/apt/sources.list is a symlink to
> /etc/apt/sources.list.grml but if you modify the file on your own
> (removing the symlink therefore) it won't be touched anymore.

Oh, I was just working on /etc/apt/sources.list, and I didn't know it is symlinked.

Just for the archive, the file /etc/apt/sources.list.grml did get updated, and so is my modification. Luckily, I have backups.

Lesson learned: remove the symlink before editing /etc/apt/sources.list.

thanks

Any package replace /etc/apt/sources.list?

> Lesson learned: remove the symlink before editing /etc/apt/sources.list.

Yes, or use vim - then the symlink is removed automatically when editing /etc/apt/sources.list and you don't have to care about it. :)

mika