[Cialug] Fwd: Configuration file with invalid filename extension

[Pixie]

.ucf-old and .dpkg-old (along with -new and -dist variants) are 
extensions you'll see in Debian-based systems when it replaces a 
conffile, so after upgrading you can compare differences and transfer 
over any manual changes that may have been overwritten.  Or transfer 
over any distro-provided changes, depending on whether you chose to use 
the old or new version of the file.

Once you've copied over any changes to want to keep, you can safely 
delete such files.

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On 2016.11.28 11:54, Dale Bowley wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> This is my first time writing in to CIALUG.  On 11/26/16, I did an upgrade
> with Ubuntu on my HP laptop from 14.04 to 16.04, via Terminal.  During the
> upgrade process, I was prompted to choose a configuration setting.
> Configuration of what - I don't remember.  Anyway, there seems to be a
> recurring "Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades......." because of an
> invalid filename extension.
> I'D like to get this thing figured out, before it complicates things so
> much that doing a fresh install would be the best thing.  I have attached a
> pic of a terminal response to a command.
>
> Thanks for reading.
> Dale Bowley
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Dale Bowley" <dalebowley at gmail.com>
> Date: Nov 28, 2016 10:20
> Subject: Configuration file with invalid filename extension
> To: <cialug.org at gmail.com>
> Cc:
>
> Hello all.
>>
>> This is my first time writing in to CIALUG.  On 11/26/16, I did an upgrade
>> with Ubuntu on my HP laptop from 14.04 to 16.04, via Terminal.  During the
>> upgrade process, I was prompted to choose a configuration setting.
>> Configuration of what - I don't remember.  Anyway, there seems to be a
>> recurring "Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades......." because of an
>> invalid filename extension.
>> I'D like to get this thing figured out, before it complicates things so
>> much that doing a fresh install would be the best thing.  I have attached a
>> pic of a terminal response to a command.
>>
>> Thanks for reading.
>> Dale Bowley
>>
>>
>>
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