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Re: Putting default config files in /usr [was; (newbie) Disruptive LIRC package update.]



On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Ole Streicher wrote:
> Paul Wise writes:
>> I expect systemd users in other distributions would appreciate a
>> feature to track changes in the default configuration too.
>
> Many programs have builtin defaults that are used when they are not
> overwritten by a configuration file. How do you track the change of
> these defaults during the program evolution, and how is this different
> from a evolving default configuration in /usr/lib/?

I was thinking exactly that throught this thread, are you a mind reader? :)

I don't think you can do that currently and it isn't any different to
defaults in /usr except that other packages can also change the
defaults, which they can't for defaults embedded in the code.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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