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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dispatch-conf merge
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:52:31
Message-Id: 20090603085222.53c88004@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] dispatch-conf merge by Graham Murray
1 On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:21:10 +0100, Graham Murray wrote:
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3 > Is there any way to improve the granularity in the merge function of
4 > dispatch-conf, or make it more intelligent?
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6 > The particular situation where it gives me problems is in configuration
7 > files where the value of an option has been manually changed following
8 > initial installation, then on an upgrade a new option is added close to
9 > the one previously changed. In this situation, dispatch-conf almost
10 > invariably wants to reset the changed option line back to its default.
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12 I switched from dispatch-conf to conf-update a while ago and much prefer
13 it. The merging is more flexible and rarely has problems as you describe.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.

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