Re: Proposed handling of generated configuration files (Re: stop the "manage with debconf" madness)
>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:33:21 -0400,
>> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> said:
> As was explained in detail, in order to do anything useful with
> that information, it is necessary to be able to show the user the
> proposed changes to the configuration file. It is completely
> unhelpful to say:
> "You have modified this configuration file, and it has also been
> updated by the package maintainer. Do you want to replace it with
> the version provided by the package maintainer?"
> Without showing the user the new version.
Hmm. ucf does show the user the changes, and even offers to
merge maintainer changes into the current configuration file.
What functionality do you think ucf is missing?
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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