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From: Chris White <chriswhite@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Package Manager Specification: configuration protection
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:06:23
Message-Id: 200609111603.17955.chriswhite@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Package Manager Specification: configuration protection by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Monday 11 September 2006 15:22, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > * Otherwise, try again with ``._cfg0001_name``, then ``._cfg0002_name`` and
3 > so on (base ten is used for the number part) until a usable filename is
4 > found.
5
6 For what purpose are the older cfg[number]_name files kept around? I ask
7 because I would anticipate the default behavior for replacing configuration
8 files with their pending updates to be picking the newest update. That said,
9 the previous versions would not serve a purpose, or is there something I
10 don't see?
11
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