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On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:21:10 +0100, Graham Murray wrote: |
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> Is there any way to improve the granularity in the merge function of |
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> dispatch-conf, or make it more intelligent? |
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> The particular situation where it gives me problems is in configuration |
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> files where the value of an option has been manually changed following |
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> initial installation, then on an upgrade a new option is added close to |
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> the one previously changed. In this situation, dispatch-conf almost |
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> invariably wants to reset the changed option line back to its default. |
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I switched from dispatch-conf to conf-update a while ago and much prefer |
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it. The merging is more flexible and rarely has problems as you describe. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill. |