On Fri, 2024-01-19 at 11:08 +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Say my first install of a package creates /etc/p.conf. I don't edit it. > Then the package is upgraded; upstream provide an altered p.conf. > I'd expect p.conf to be changed and I think that's what happens. > > Similarly, if the package made a directory on installation and I left > its permissions untouched then an upstream change of permissions should > flow down to me. Only if I've moved away from the old upstream should > the permission-change be skipped. > > Perhaps there's another reason why pacman doesn't pass on upstream > permission changes. Hi Ralph, here IMO is a tiny difference between untouched permissions and untouched configurations. I have to admit that I don't have a real example at hand, but unpleasant things are conceivable. Regards, Ralf
