"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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. If C == A and B != A, then there's no point in replacing the configuration file, and doing so is a great pain. It took forever for Fedora to get this right, but since 7 or so it has been working very nicely. (Except when upstream puts the user guide in the configuration files and then reformats or spell checks). /Benny -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
