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Re: A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?



Hi,

On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:55:05AM +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote:
> 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.

I'd like that too.  At the moment I just hit Z to suspend and then
do vimdiff manually.

Cheers,
Andy

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