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@@ -211,6 +211,21 @@ is "off". Only change this if you know what are you doing...
From command line, you can use -only_new_dotnew=value.
.TP 5
+.B ORIG_BACKUPS
+.br
+During integration of .new files during the post installation phase, original
+files are backed up to a file name with a .orig extension. To prevent this,
+set this option to "off" and note that you will no longer have a copy of the
+content of the file prior to it being replaced by the .new version.
+
+The default value of
+.B ORIG_BACKUPS
+is "on". Only change this if you are sure you don't want backups of
+overwritten files.
+.br
+From the command line, you can use -orig_backups=value.
+
+.TP 5
.B ONOFF
.br
The