Bill Crawford <billcrawford1970@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thursday 26 February 2009 13:01:07 Miloslav Trmač wrote: > > Bill Crawford píše v Čt 26. 02. 2009 v 11:55 +0000: > ... > > > ... and run the old checksum code on the file > > > on the machine, before replacing it with the new file and the new hash. > > > > That answers the question whether the user has modified the file. It > > doesn't answer the question whether the packager has modified the > > shipped file between the two rpm package versions. > > But that's the question we should be asking ... right? No. There are 3 potential files involved: A: The original configuration as given by the installed package B: The installed configuration file (as modified by the user) C: The new configuration file. If B == A, rpm can safely replace the configuration file by C. If A != B, the user changed something, and the changes have to be ported forward by hand. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile 2340000 Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
