ntp support installation

[Derek Broughton]

Default User wrote:

> The utility said that it needed to download and istall NTP support. I
> clicked OK. During the NTP install operation, it said that a
> configuration file on the system was different from what was included by
> the package maintainer, and asked if I wanted to:
> 
> - keep the original file on the system (the default highlighted option)
> - replace with the package maintainer's version
> 
> Not knowing which was the correct answer, I chose to keep the original
> file. The installation finished with no (apparent) error message.
... 
> Well, it seems to be working, but the question is, when I had to choose
> between the configuration file already on the system, or the package
> maintainer's version, WHICH SHOULD I HAVE CHOSEN? 

Always "D" (display differences).

Then, if you know of a good reason why the old value is better than the new,
choose to keep the original, otherwise install the new one.

If anything breaks, there's always the old copy - under the original file
name with .dpkg-old appended.  If you kept the original, the new one is
*.dpkg-dist.
-- 
derek