The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit bd0ae9a42b06f09223383e67edb262041e2bd98d
Author: Henning Makholm <[email protected]>
Date: Sat Jul 3 04:30:04 2010 +0200
Add new dpkg --force-confask option
The option forces a conffile prompt when the conffile from the new
package does not differ from the previous one version.
Closes: #102609
Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a2d130e..acf3793 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ dpkg (1.15.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Detect when another process has locked the database, and mention that
problematic dpkg --audit results might be due to ongoing operations.
Closes: #80252
+ * Add new dpkg --force-confask option that forces a conffile prompt when
+ the conffile from the new package does not differ from the previous one.
+ Thanks to Henning Makholm <[email protected]>. Closes: #102609
[ Updated programs translations ]
* Catalan (Guillem Jover).
diff --git a/man/dpkg.1 b/man/dpkg.1
index d0d6326..d550d11 100644
--- a/man/dpkg.1
+++ b/man/dpkg.1
@@ -427,6 +427,13 @@ there is no default action it will stop to ask the user
unless
\fB\-\-force\-confnew\fP or \fB\-\-force\-confold\fP is also been given, in
which case it will use that to decide the final action.
+\fBconfask\fP:
+If a conffile has been modified always offer to replace it with the
+version in the package, even if the version in the package did not
+change. If one of \fB\-\-force\-confnew\fP, \fB\-\-force\-confold\fP,
+or \fB\-\-force\-confdef\fP is also given, it will be used to decide
+the final action.
+
\fBoverwrite\fP:
Overwrite one package's file with another's file.
diff --git a/src/configure.c b/src/configure.c
index aa2fad5..f0a7053 100644
--- a/src/configure.c
+++ b/src/configure.c
@@ -141,7 +141,12 @@ deferred_configure_conffile(struct pkginfo *pkg, struct
conffile *conff)
} else {
useredited = strcmp(conff->hash, currenthash) != 0;
distedited = strcmp(conff->hash, newdisthash) != 0;
- what = conffoptcells[useredited][distedited];
+
+ if (fc_conff_ask && useredited)
+ what = cfo_prompt_keep;
+ else
+ what = conffoptcells[useredited][distedited];
+
if (!strcmp(currenthash, NONEXISTENTFLAG))
what |= cfof_userrmd;
}
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index c933f24..e1fdebb 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ int fc_removeessential=0, fc_conflicts=0, fc_depends=0,
fc_dependsversion=0;
int fc_breaks=0, fc_badpath=0, fc_overwritediverted=0, fc_architecture=0;
int fc_nonroot=0, fc_overwritedir=0, fc_conff_new=0, fc_conff_miss=0;
int fc_conff_old=0, fc_conff_def=0;
+int fc_conff_ask = 0;
int fc_badverify = 0;
int errabort = 50;
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ static const struct forceinfo {
{ "confold", &fc_conff_old },
{ "confdef", &fc_conff_def },
{ "confmiss", &fc_conff_miss },
+ { "confask", &fc_conff_ask },
{ "depends", &fc_depends },
{ "depends-version", &fc_dependsversion },
{ "breaks", &fc_breaks },
@@ -417,6 +419,7 @@ static void setforce(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char
*value) {
" you will be prompted unless one of the confold or\n"
" confnew options is also given\n"
" confmiss [!] Always install missing config files\n"
+" confask [!] Offer to replace config files with no new versions\n"
" breaks [!] Install even if it would break another package\n"
" conflicts [!] Allow installation of conflicting packages\n"
" architecture [!] Process even packages with wrong architecture\n"
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 388febe..17ba2d4 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ extern int fc_removeessential, fc_conflicts, fc_depends,
fc_dependsversion;
extern int fc_breaks, fc_badpath, fc_overwritediverted, fc_architecture;
extern int fc_nonroot, fc_overwritedir, fc_conff_new, fc_conff_miss;
extern int fc_conff_old, fc_conff_def;
+extern int fc_conff_ask;
extern int fc_badverify;
extern bool abort_processing;
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