[Wiltshire] Finding modified configuration files associated with Debian/Ubuntu Packages

[Simon Fryer]

G'day,

On 24 February 2010 07:54, Simon Iremonger <wiltslug at iremonger.me.uk> wrote:

[changes to files]

> I would like, to systematically, find out what installed
>   packages have modified configurations, without actually
>   updating/installing anything -- i.e. "discover"
>   customized files on a system, basically.
>
> Any ideas anyone?

find with the appropriate flags and look for a change in the
modification time. Depending on how fast the configuration files
change with the package environment and how the configuration files
are placed on your system it may be possible to search for files in
/usr with a modification time after a certain date. Or, you may need
to get a list of files and their modification times before an upgrade
(daily cron job?) and then compare the file name and modification
times post upgrade.

Simon

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