On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 01:30 19 Nov 2003, Rune Berge <rune@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Michael Schwendt wrote: > | > It's the _new_ one, hence it's name. With config files (when marked as > | > such in the package) RPM tries to be smart about not overwriting your > | > configuration settings upon package upgrades. So, it did not change the > | > /etc/localtime customization, but warns about that. > | > | But if it is included in the upgrade, shouldn't it be used? I assume it is > | in for a reason... > > Generally, if the existing file _exactly_ matches the one installed > earlier (i.e. hasn't been hand-edited) then the upgrade replaces it. But > a changed file could have arbitrary user-applied changes, and no upgrade > can know how to apply a change to such a file without breaking the user's > special changes. And so it makes a .rpmnew file that contains what it > would have installed. And tells you. The you apply the changes yourself > (possibly by just copying the new one over the old one if your changes > don't matter). > > Does that clarify things? Yes, but I still don't know what to do about it. I guess I'll just ignore it and hope the update isn't important... Rune -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
