Bug#294073: apt: [apt-get] Add new command (R) to resolve upgrade diffs

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

reassign 294073 dpkg
thanks

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:53:19PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:

> Many times on upgrage, the manual work to resolve situations like
> this could be made easier:
> 
>     Configuration file `/etc/cups/cupsd.conf'
>      ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
>      ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
>        What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
> 	Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
> 	N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
> 	  D     : show the differences between the versions
> 	  Z     : background this process to examine the situation
>      The default action is to keep your current version.

This functionality is part of dpkg.

> FEATURE SUGGESTION
> ==================
> 
> Add command "R" to (R)esolve diffs with an external program. The
> command R would be implemented as:

This would require saving a copy of the original, unmodified file, which
dpkg currently doesn't do.

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 - mdz