On Tue, 2021-03-30 at 19:11 +0200, Robert-André Mauchin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Following a change in the config file of a program, I'd like to display
> a message to my users to indicate they need to update the config file
> with the new one. I try "echo" in the update scriptlet:
>
> %postun
> if [ "$1" -ge "1" ] ; then # Upgrade
> dnscrypt-proxy -service install --config
> %{_sysconfdir}/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml
> echo 'Since version 2.0.45, some of the configuration files have been
> renamed.
> Please merge your config to
> /etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml.rpmnew then
> replace dnscrypt-proxy.toml with that file.
> Read /usr/share/doc/dnscrypt-proxy/ChangeLog to merge files accordingly.'
> fi
>
> But it doesn't work as expected. Is there a way to transmit that message
> to my users?
Besides putting it in the update description, no.
You cannot assume that updates are done attended, or done from a
console. What if they're using dnf-automatic? What if they're using a
graphical application which doesn't display console output?
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