Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have fewer qualms about a package that only wipes out a config file > when explicitly reconfigured; most of my ire is reserved for packages, > like apt-listchanges, that drop local modifications to such files on > upgrade. Especially when the files are (as in the case of > listchanges.conf) trivial to parse and modify without loss. > > If your files is really really hard to parse & modify losslessly then > letting the user blow it away by reconfiguring is ok.
Alright. So then the next question is: Are there any tools for parsing Apache configuration files that would work adequately for handling modifications? My suspicion is that it's too hard and not worth the effort. -- People said I was dumb, but I proved them!
