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On 2012-05-16 12:56 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: |
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> Generally, several PMS (I think apt does it as well) make this assumption: |
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> if config file C owned by package P has never been modified, meaning |
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> that md5 or whatever is the same, the old C of P was fine, so is the |
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> new C. |
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Yep, and I always thought that Gentoo way of dealing with config files |
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was much better -both compared to .deb and .rpm land- in this regard. |
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Presenting the diff is a quick and efficient way to highlight the |
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changes and ask the sysadmin to make the necessary changes if any. |
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I am not bothered with the (frequency of?) diffs but I guess people are. |
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> This also helps a lot in the scenario where critical configuration |
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> files are not updated before reboot, which might result in an |
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> unbootable system (ouch!). |
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Well, that is true. If you forget to dispatch-conf, it might bite you. |
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Anyway, no big deal either way though I prefer the status quo. If we |
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make the change, make it with enough fanfare that users notice. |
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Eray Aslan <eras@g.o> |