On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, jf wrote:

> Unruh wrote:
>
>>
>> It looks like you want to change the hostname, (Ie leave the old file
>> there) and in all the others accept the new default (the try_first_pass is
>> the main new option in pam, and I have no idea what it does. )
>>
>
> Thanks again, I've done that. I still have a lot to learn

Start by using dispatch-conf instead of etc-update. Configure it to use
RCS and replace unmodified files and you will find that it automatically
handles updates to most of the /etc files.