At 03.36 12/05/2008, Amos Jeffries wrote:
<snip>
> As a side note, would it be possible to add something like
>
> @echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/cachemgr.conf
> $(DESTDIR)$(DEFAULT_CACHEMGR_CONFIG).default"; \
> $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/cachemgr.conf
> $(DESTDIR)$(DEFAULT_CACHEMGR_CONFIG).default;
>
> to the install-data-local target? I have added this routine to the
> patch for 2346 while I was at it so users have a factory default
> to compare their configuration against after an update and the
> FreeBSD port/package is able to decide whether the user actually
> modified the .conf file and whether it must be kept on deinstallation.
>
I agree it would be a great addition to improve installation and package
maintenance.
Votes?
+1
Regards
Guido
The change would be to always install the .default and conditionally add a
new .conf:
=== modified file 'tools/Makefile.am'
--- tools/Makefile.am 2008-05-11 13:01:38 +0000
+++ tools/Makefile.am 2008-05-12 01:27:33 +0000
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
$(OBJS): $(top_srcdir)/include/version.h ../include/autoconf.h
install-data-local:
+ @echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/cachemgr.conf
$(DESTDIR)$(DEFAULT_CACHEMGR_CONFIG).default"; \
+ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/cachemgr.conf
$(DESTDIR)$(DEFAULT_CACHEMGR_CONFIG).default; \
@if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(DEFAULT_CACHEMGR_CONFIG) ; then \
echo "$@ will not overwrite existing
$(DESTDIR)$(DEFAULT_CACHEMGR_CONFIG)" ; \
else \
-
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