Re: /etc key location auto-migration

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> What will RPM do when /usr/share/ssl changes from a directory to a
> symlink on an upgrade, if /usr/share/ssl contains non-package-managed
> files?  Fail to create the symlink, I'd presume?  In which case, old
> configurations will remain pointing at old files, so no migration is
> necessary.  Of course, if people *want* to migrate their stuff over they
> can do that manually.
> 
> I don't think %post scripts should go moving random user-controlled
> files around nor munging configurations because of this change.

Agreed. I think this should be flagged in the release-notes but
otherwise not an automated event.

For things like ssl keys erring on the side of caution makes a lot of
sense.

-sv



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