On 12 3:40:S, seth vidal wrote: > On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 16:42 -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: > > seth vidal wrote: [Wed Jul 12 2006, 04:26:26PM EDT] > > > > > > You are encouraged to take a look at how Gentoo manages > > > > with etc-update. It's quite usable. It doesn't automerge > > > > by default, of course, but the UI is far better than the > > > > .rpmsave business. > > > > > > How well does it handle un-attended operation? > > > > It doesn't. Portage is designed for unattended operation too. > > etc-update is a tool you run afterward to handle the config > > conflicts. > > So then this shouldn't be tied into rpm at all. just an external > tool to deal with config file changes. > > -sv FWIW, etc-update-20020731-6mdk.noarch.rpm installs and works properly on FC6-test if y'all want to take a look at it. ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/community/i586//media/contrib/etc-update-20020731-6mdk.noarch.rpm $ which etc-update /usr/bin/etc-update Gives these choices; 1) Upgrade to new /etc/ntp.conf.rpmnew 2) Keep existing /etc/ntp.conf 3) Merge the two files 4) Show the difference between the two files again 5) Skip (keep all files) OR 6) Quit etc-update Type (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6): 6 -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
