On Mon, Mar 25, 2002, Thomas Lotterer wrote:
> [...]
> old in old on new in new on
> package filesystem package filesystem approach
> ======== ========== ======== ==========
>===========================================
> -X X X X keep old config, but re-install
> -X X' X' X' keep old config, but re-install
> -X X' X X' keep old config
> -X X Y Y install new config
> -X X' Y Y install new config, preserve X' as
>.rpmsave
> -- X Y Y install new config, preserve X as
>.rpmorig
> +X X X X keep old config, but re-install (happens
>if you sticked with defaults and defaults remain the same)
> +X X' X' X' keep old config, but re-install (happens
>if you changed the same settings to the same values as the author of the new package
>did)
> +X X' X X' keep old config (default didn't change so
>you chances are you would change the same values again if the default would have been
>applied)
> +X X Y Y install new config (happens if you
>sticked with defaults and defaults changed)
> +X X' Y Y install new config, preserve X' as
>.rpmsave (defaults and possibly structure changed so better verify changes manually)
> +- X Y Y install new config, preserve X as
>.rpmorig (no previous but new default so better integrate your settings manually)
> [...]
Errr... Thomas, this is a table and hence is limited in line width! How
width do you think a page in SysAdmin magazine maximal can be? The long
version is something for the prose text part, but certainly not for the
table. So we have to remember to move it from the table to the text
later.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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www.engelschall.com
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