What John means is from an *absolute* newbie's perspective. I still
remembered when I use rpm the first time, when I saw those rpmsave, rpmnew
etc, I wondered if my config files are trashed or completely replaced or
something...... completely no idea what's going on at that time.
Abel Cheung
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 April 2001 15:42, John Cavan wrote:
>
> > > what's wrong with .rpmnew ?
> >
> > Nothing for me, but think about it from a newbie perspective. They will
> > likely think that something went wrong during installation and around a
> > rather critical file.
> >
> > Basically, all I'm suggesting is that we treat /etc/passwd and similar
> > files like XF86Config... create it, never install it. After that, specific
> > packages can add or remove as needed, including setup.
>
> I disagree. I regularly go through and search for .rpmnew files and then
> compare what's in them with my own versions. Sometimes there are new
> defaults or options that weren't there when I did my own customizations. I
> then decide to either toss my file and start with the .rpmnew version, or
> apply some changes to my own.
