'Olivier Médoc' via qubes-devel: > > On 07/03/2016 12:11 AM, Patrick Schleizer wrote: >> Modifications of configuration files shipped by upstream packages such >> as for example /etc/dnf/dnf.conf (package dnf, upstream: Fedora) by >> downstream distributions (Qubes) is always problematic. When upstream >> changes the file, it will conflict during upgrading. >> >> I am trying to get rid of the update_conf code. [1] Therefore I posted >> two feature requests against dnf and PackageKit. [2] [3] >> >> What is not covered is not modifying /etc/pacman.conf. I was wondering, >> is that required at all? I am not a archlinux user but I have seen there >> also is /etc/pacman.d. Could a file /etc/pacman.d/qubes-proxy.conf also >> work? >> >> Could you test this please, Olivier? > > Hello, > > I through it was only possible for repositories, but I just found the > following in man pacman.conf man page: > > Include = path > Include another configuration file. This file can include > repositories or general configuration options. Wildcards in the > specified paths will get expanded based on glob(7) rules. > > Based on the man page pacman.d configuration files should accept global > configuration options on the condition I Include the file inside > pacman.conf (meaning it wont follow upstream pacman.conf) > > Another good new is that pacman now support hooks, so it may be possible > to add additional update hook (such as qubes-trigger-sync-appmenus.sh). > That's on my todo list. > > Anyway, I need to test it first.
Great. > I will also check the links you > referenced later to better understand your point. Feel free. There is not much to see. I was requesting .d folders where there are none yet. The goal is to avoid modifying a configuration file owned by another package so Qubes can just drop its configuration snippets there. Cheers, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/fdbd1265-ff2e-848a-22de-8a744313c344%40riseup.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
