2006/1/19, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Neal Becker wrote: > > Paul Howarth wrote: > > > > > >>Neal Becker wrote: > >> > >>>Paul Howarth wrote: > >>> > >>>>Neal Becker wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>Paul Howarth wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>Neal Becker wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>It would save admins a lot of time if we modify rpm so that it does > >>>>>>>not > >>>>>>>create a .rpmnew file if there is no change from the old file. I > >>>>>>>would think this would be a simple modification. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>It already does this, doesn't it? > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>I don't think so! I keep syncing with develop every day, and most days > >>>>>I get a bunch of messages about "blah created as .rpmnew", and every day > >>>>>I run diff, and almost always get no output. > >>>> > >>>>Are you on an x86_64 box with lots of parallel-installed i386 packages? > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Yes, x86_64. I have most parallel i386 packages that are standard on > >>>x86_64. I did not install extra i386 packages. > >>> > >>>Today, for example, there were a bunch of messages about upgrade to > >>>kdelibs-3.5.0-5. It does happen that there are both x86_64 and i386 > >>>versions of this, do you think this is the explanation? In any case, any > >>>chance to fix it? > >> > >>I think it's the same issue (multiple packages owning the same config > >>file) as for /etc/vimrc, except in this case it's different-arch > >>packages instead of different-name packages. > >> > >>I don't know what the *right* policy for these cases should be really. > >> > > > > > > Isn't it "right" to not create .rpmnew and report it to the user if there is > > no diff to the current version? > > What *is* the current version though, if there are multiple packages > owning the same file? > > I don't know enough about rpm internals to say why this is a problem. > > Paul. > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > if multible packages own the same files its a packaging bug. regards, Rudolf Kastl -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
