Hello, Just a couple of notes on the .rpmnew resolver in rpmdrake recently. Excellent idea! I like it! But can I suggest a couple of enhancements?
First of all, the colored diff in the bottom box, shows you the patch to make your current file equal to the .rpmnew file. The reverse is probably much more useful. It would reflect "what changes do I need to make to the .rpmnew to include my config edits?". Also, a "side-by-side" diff like gtkdiff or even "vim -d" (vimdiff) is much more illustrative. It would also be nice to be able to edit either of the .rpmnew file and/or the existing file before saying "Remove .rpmnew" or "Use .rpmnew as main file". Maybe "gvim -d" should be the tool that is brought up to view/edit the differences. If you keep the "three boxes" mode and make the top two text boxes editable you will need to support some kind of "cut'n'paste" between the two boxes. Maybe leveraging vim is the better solution afterall. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
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