Re: yum/RPM behaviour: does yum/RPM overwrite a file modified by a user during an update ?

[Gabriel Tabares <gabriel.tabares@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> a very easy. But what will yum/RPM do during the next update ? Will it
> overwrite the file ? Will it write on display that the file was modified
> by an user (as under debian) ?
>

As far as I can tell, if the file is marked as a configuration file in 
the RPM, it will be left alone and the new configuration file will be 
renamed to file.rpmnew. If the file is not marked as a configuration 
file, it will be overwritten.

Regards,

Gabriel

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