On Feb 12, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Feb 13, 2009, at 01:10, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
I don't know how macports handles upgrades with respect to etc
file changes but gentoo has a nice "etc-update" program that
allows you replace, merge or ignore etc config files. This CAN be
important. But gentoo portage is also managing the "world" and
thankfully we have Apple taking care of basics.
I mean, merging etc files remotely can be hair raising.
Especially when gentoo will upgrade everyFREAKINGthing if you
don't tell it not to and there are etc updates for like 30 files
from fstab on.
Who wants to recompile gcc for every minor update?
And have it go wrong?
Remotely?
MacPorts does nothing to help the user upgrade their config files
in /etc. If a port is nice, it installs template config files the
user can copy. If not, it installs the config file with its real
name so that any port upgrade will wipe out the user's changes...
Ouch. And did I mention OUCH.
Damn, how about moving same file names in ${prefix}/etc out of the
way with a timestamp appended?
Something!
That's really a possibility?
Maybe it's possible and just doesn't happen. Man, that scares me.
If you find a port that installs a config file that the user is
expected to edit with the actual name the program expects to find,
that is a bug, and you should file a ticket for that port in the
issue tracker so that the issue can be corrected.
If that ever happens I hope I'm not the one reporting it:)
It's not like etc changes all the time. I just need to make sure I
take some snapshots every so often.
Thanks for sharing your insights Ryan.
//Brad
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