On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:52:25 -0400, Joseph Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would only be in danger of being clobbered in an upgrade if the > files were not marked as config files in the RPM. I've had > squirrellmail and mailman configs wiped out this way. The bugs were > fixed in the next version as much bugzilla energy was spent on the > defects. > > Perhaps that they are config files may be a subject for presidential > debates (wouldn't that be great? Kerry and Bush discussing the > package management decisions of major Linux distributors?). However > it would not be a difficult thing to ascertain if one had a Mandrake > system handy. This one does not.
They are not config files, they are defaults files and as such not marked as config files. That's exactly why I suggested not changing them and changing the files that *are* config files instead. Cheers, Tanner -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
