A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?
Everyone will know a message like this:
Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.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.
*** sysctl.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
What I would want is something like
M: merge files interactively
which would then call vimdiff, probably via $DIFF_EDITOR
or some other variable if something like it does already exist.
Is anyone aware of any such solution or has good suggestions
on custom-creating it?
Thanks,
Richard
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