Re: %config files and upgrade to F11 - consider noreplace

[Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet amorsen dk>]

"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand inf utfsm cl> writes:

>   A: The original configuration as given by the installed package
>   B: The installed configuration file (as modified by the user)
>   C: The new configuration file.
>
> If B == A, rpm can safely replace the configuration file by C.
> If A != B, the user changed something, and the changes have to be ported
> forward by hand.

If C == A and B != A, then there's no point in replacing the
configuration file, and doing so is a great pain. It took forever for
Fedora to get this right, but since 7 or so it has been working very
nicely. (Except when upstream puts the user guide in the configuration
files and then reformats or spell checks).


/Benny