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Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> * If no existing file with the intended target name exists, or if the existing
>   file has identical content to the file to be installed, the file to be 
> installed
>   is installed as normal.

Just one poor dev's opinion, but I prefer it when these files are
created as .sample's or examples. Invariably there is some tweaking that
needs to be done to the file, even when it's the initial version of the
file. This also "forces" the user to get acquainted with the config file
in question (samba and make.conf files come to mind). Of course,
tweaking something like etc-update (or equiv tool) to be able to compare
the sample/example file to the live one would be nice, but then I've
just talked myself in a circle renaming the ._cfg* files, haven't I?

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