Bug#275951: Please split kdmrc into multiple files for ease of maintenance

[Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>]

On Monday 11 October 2004 10:14, Andras Korn wrote:
> Package: kdm
> Version: 4:3.3.0a-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
[...]
> The split-out configfiles could be merged via an update-kdmrc script. An
> even more sophisticated and only slightly more complex approach would be to
> have three groups of configfiles: upstream, debian and local, and merge
> these so that any options present in a later file override the ones in
> earlier files (some grepping can do this). This would really make upgrades a
> snap.
> 
> I'm willing, I guess, to implement the last proposal with the three groups
> of files as a shell script; would you accept it?

Good idea!  Before implementing such a script have a look at
the ucf pkg ;)

Achim
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Andras
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