Re: Is there a method of changing the name of a conffile?
I think that it is more complicated than that.
Suppose the oldfile is the old name of the conffile and newfile is the
new name for the conffile. Since oldfile is no longer a conffile in
the new release, then it will not automatically be compared with the
version of oldfile which was shipped in the last release. If the
versions are identical, then I want to automatically update to
newfile. However, if the user has modified oldfile, then I just want
to oldfile to newfile. This is all automatically handled by the
conffile strategy if the file names are unchanged.
The only method which I can determine which comes close to file name
changing is to keep both oldfile and newfile around indefinitely, and
perform the copy as you suggested. The only way I could get rid of
oldfile is if everyone has already updated to newfile. Really, this
method is unacceptable as well. The user would find 2 identical files
confusing.
Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org> writes:
>
> On 27 Dec 1996, Kevin Dalley wrote:
>
> kevin >How can I change the name of a conffile and still keep all of the
> kevin >advantages of a conffile when I am converting file names. I would
> kevin >like to keep a person's modification to the conffile, if appropriate,
> kevin >just as if the conffile name had never changed.
>
> copy it to the new location in the postinst if its in the old location.
>
--
Kevin Dalley
kevin@aimnet.com
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-devel-REQUEST@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to Bruce@Pixar.com
Reply to: