This one time, at band camp, Matt Zimmerman said: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 04:07:06PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > > > I have to move a config file, and I am not sure of the best way of > > handling it, so I wanted to ask for opinions. > > > > The problem is that I am currently shipping an > > /etc/default/$package, which needs to now become /etc/$package.conf > > - it's not a shell script, but more of a hacked together config > > file. What I want to do is ensure that any user changes to the old > > /etc/default/$package file get seemlessly merged into > > /etc/$package.conf, but not mess up any user made up $package.conf > > Is the file a conffile, or not?
Yes - I guess I was unclear. It is shipped as /etc/default/hdparm. What I meant is that it is unsuitable as an /etc/default file because it is the package's configuration file, rather than a sell script setting variables, as required by policy. > If it is a conffile (and if it is shipped in the package, it must be), > then move it in preinst (wrapped in appropriate checks, such as > package version and file existence), and dpkg will handle the rest. This is the kind of thing I want to do - how do I extract $old_version? I want to do the move if upgrading from >> 5.4-5, but not after that, so that I don't keep on doing funky things to users' conffiles. Pointer to refs would great. Thanks, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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