Re: %config files and upgrade to F11 - consider noreplace
Bill Crawford <billcrawford1970(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thursday 26 February 2009 13:01:07 Miloslav Trmač wrote:
> Bill Crawford píše v Čt 26. 02. 2009 v 11:55 +0000:
...
> > ... and run the old checksum code on the file
> > on the machine, before replacing it with the new file and the new hash.
>
> That answers the question whether the user has modified the file. It
> doesn't answer the question whether the packager has modified the
> shipped file between the two rpm package versions.
But that's the question we should be asking ... right?
No.
There are 3 potential files involved:
A: The original configuration as given by the installed package
B: The installed configuration file (as modified by the user)
C: The new configuration file.
If B == A, rpm can safely replace the configuration file by C.
If A != B, the user changed something, and the changes have to be ported
forward by hand.
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