Re: What happens when you upgrade a package with modified config files?
On Tuesday 08 January 2013 19:39:40 Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> > > - If you have modified the configuration, most interfaces will give
> > >
> > > you a diff between your current configuration and ask what to do. I
> > > typically open up a different session and use vim/emacs to merge the
> > > two sets of changes at this point.
> >
> >
> >
> > You mean there will be a bunch of .diff files for you to have to look
> > through? Or something else?
>
> No - it will prompt interactively during installation. There are
> options on apt/dpkg to avoid the prompts by always doing either (a)
> install the new version or (b) leave the config file untouched.
Which is not very handy for casual users. Which is why I proposed a tool to
migrate user's configuration with new package configuration. [1]
But I cannot push this further all by myself.
All the best
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/PackageConfigUpgrade
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