[SOLVED] Resetting config files from a package

Suppose I modify a file called /etc/examplefile.conf from a package example-package.
What is the easiest / most elegant way to reset this file? Reset = restore the file to its original, removing my modifications.
This[1] topic discusses this, but it is two years old. I would say the "best" solution there was the one suggested in #7:
you could move the config file first then reinstall.
But I'm not sure if this is safe. For a dummy example, removing /etc/pacman.conf then reinstalling pacman wouldn't probably be a good idea (I suspect this wouldn't work).
OBS.: Getting the original file from the package from the cache is an obvious solution, but I'm searching for a simpler (more direct) way to do this (a bash/zsh one-liner would be sufficient, for example).
[1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=137526
Last edited by thiagowfx (2014-04-26 21:49:20)

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I'm not positive I'm understanding you right, but if I am and you are talking about basically backing up a package's config file, it is pretty simple. I believe the .pacnew and .pacsave refers to changes in the makeup of a package in general, not its config file.
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Size difference does not always work!
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[SOLVED] Pacman "config file could not be read" error during Arch ins

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