I'd say, just run your update. If you suspect a configuration file has changed, just run your original script that set up the configuration file. If it was changed, it will be changed back to your original configuration. If it was not changed, then nothing will happen.
On Monday, November 5, 2018 at 12:33:32 PM UTC-5, EspressoBeanies wrote: > > What's the best way to use Ansible to manage software updates where > installer config files have the potential to overwrite the config settings > you currently have in place? I'm trying to see if there's a way for Ansible > to apply software upgrades on all my *NIX machines but notify me when it > runs into packages that require config file replacements so that I can take > a look at the changes and see how best to apply my current settings to meet > the new ones. Curious to see if anyone found an effective workaround to > this problem. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/aaea0b56-98f9-42ab-8741-041778726181%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
