On 2006-04-10 09:38:18 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote: > Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > [0] Or sometimes, they are replaced and your file is renamed to > > .rpmsave. I still haven't figured out when that happens. > > That's when the config file has essential changes for the updated > package to work at all, and hence must be installed. The rpmsave file is > there as a hint that you need to merge your previous changes with the > new format. How does RPM decide whether the changes are "essential"? Is there a flag in the SPEC file? hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | If I wanted to be "academically correct", |_|_) | Sysadmin WSR | I'd be programming in Java. | | | hjp wsr ac at | I don't, and I'm not. __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | -- Jesse Erlbaum on dbi-users
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