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



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On 09/02/07 04:55, Richard Hartmann wrote:
> 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?

Great idea!  File a wishlist bug against debconf.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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