On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:21:02 -0500 (EST), Daniel Barkalow wrote: > The issue is that etc-update doesn't have the version of the config > file as installed by the version of the package that's being replaced, > so it can't tell the difference between non-trivial changes to the > config file as shipped by gentoo between the old version and the new > version and non-trivial local modifications that I've made myself to a > config file which has not been changed between package versions. I've > definitely had etc-update ask for confirmation on files I'm sure I > didn't change
I haven't use etc-update for a while, but dispatch-conf can do this. # Automerge files that the user hasn't modified # (yes or no) replace-unmodified=no Whether this is a good idea is a completely separate issue. If a service had a config file change between versions and the file was updated to the new format while the old daemon was still running, the results could be "interesting". -- Neil Bothwick Found my .sig, it was in behind the cushion on the settee.
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