Simon Matter wrote:

> 
> The issue is not Gentoo specific. With rpm based distributions, rpm
> doesn't even try to merge configs. I have my own script to do that so I
> always have the original header after an upgrade. Your idea with includes
> sounds like a possible solution. Maybe there are other solutions as well,
> let's wait for more people to think about.
>

My preferred solution is to remove documentation from the config files entirely
and move it somewhere else. I see no point in having the conf files INCLUDE the
documentation or vice versa.

My second choice would be to include Simon's script (or a flavor of that script)
in the product and allow users to generate configuration files that have
documentation in them.

-Tom
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