Re: Bug#88968: Possibly leaves stuff in apt.conf, dies when it does
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 09:37:18PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> was heard to say:
> > Re-execing or reloading the configuration sounds like maybe the least bad
> > option, but I don't really like it. I think more thought on my part, or a
> > better idea from someone else, is indicated..
>
> I would just reload the configuration after running dpkg, since we know
> people are manipulating it now.. It isn't too hard to do, delete the
> _config, and recall the init functions.
I know how to do it :)
It's just that if the user has changed options while the program was running,
this will have the fun effect of resetting their changes to the defaults.
I think I know how to deal with this, though. (I'll probably just store the
current settings somewhere and restore them after rereading the config file.
Sounds a lot less hard now that I'm awake..)
Daniel
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