From 6b35d47b0320b131724c88658d80ff615975893a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reivilibre <reivilibre@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:17:33 +0000
Subject: deploy: 2fffcb24d8c799a08f250af31da239494b3bda1b

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 develop/setup/installation.html | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

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diff --git a/develop/setup/installation.html b/develop/setup/installation.html
index 23c41a19e1..8b65ac2e13 100644
--- a/develop/setup/installation.html
+++ b/develop/setup/installation.html
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ sudo apt install matrix-synapse-py3
 </code></pre>
 <p>The fingerprint of the repository signing key (as shown by <code>gpg /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg</code>) is
 <code>AAF9AE843A7584B5A3E4CD2BCF45A512DE2DA058</code>.</p>
+<p>When installing with Debian packages, you might prefer to place files in
+<code>/etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/</code> to override your configuration without editing
+the main configuration file at <code>/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml</code>.
+By doing that, you won't be asked if you want to replace your configuration
+file when you upgrade the Debian package to a later version.</p>
 <h5 id="downstream-debian-packages"><a class="header" href="#downstream-debian-packages">Downstream Debian packages</a></h5>
 <p>We do not recommend using the packages from the default Debian <code>buster</code>
 repository at this time, as they are old and suffer from known security
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