-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sylvain Rouillard wrote: > Out of boredom, I decided to check out all the files on my system that yum > created as *.rpmnew. My understanding of such files is that yum lets the > current file unchanged and lets the user do the shift manually if s/he > wants. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. > > So, I blindely went through a bunch of those, saving the original files as > *.rpmsave and replacing them by the *.rpmnew. I shut down the pooter, > thinking it would make me a nice surprise when I wake up (heck, that's a > test FC!). Well, I have to confess I was rather disapointed, the only > surprise was that I didn't get any X login screen, just the console mode, > and it was no fun because startx brought me straight to my desktop with no > bug. Investigating on what could have caused this sudden change, I noticed > this: > > # diff /etc/inittab /etc/inittab.rpmsave > 18c18 > < id:3:initdefault: > --- >> id:5:initdefault: > > Fair enough, no bug here and I found the culprit. Though this raises some > questions... what's the point of this change? are we supposed to login in > in text mode to test something? aren't we supposed to bring these rpmnew > files that yum creates into action? Too many questions for a Sunday waking > up! > > I hope someone can show me the light toward the understanding of these > rpmnew files. You'll find me near the coffee machine. > > Cheers > Coming from the Debian world I wanted to ask one question. Doesn't the FC package manager allow you to have a look at the diff of your present config and the newconfig before the packages' installation? rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research." "Necessity is the mother of invention." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCYlMT4Rhi6gTxMLwRAl8RAJ4swvSLv/NgWdp27Ht/j5pbwOL3uACfZOEK thkdxc0v4vZPZ/iM8nzYCqA= =nflS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----