Re: RH tools and conf changes (was: Re: Vi backspace key problem)

["Chester R. Hosey" <Chester Hosey gianteagle com>]

On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 03:56 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Chester R. Hosey wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 02:34 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
> > 
> > It's a nice feature. It would be nice if up2date-with-rpm did something
> > similar, or if RHN noted that an upgrade didn't include a configuration
> > file update due to user changes. I'd be really impressed if RHN went to
> > far as to provide a diff of the configuration files so the administrator
> > could evaluate the importance without having to log in and search
> > for .rpm{new|save|orig} files manually.
> 
> I don't think it belongs as part of RHN, besides I don't think you can 
> implement all the complexity correctly, which would only become a 
> liability to Red Hat if they have to support it.

I'm not asking for "all of the complexity". I'm asking for "RHN
(including the tools used to implement functionality) notifies me when
it makes a decision that may require further review." I provided an
example of one such solution that's worked well for me in the past. It's
a solution that specifically _doesn't_ make decisions for me. RPM is
meant to be unattended. I suppose I fail to see how this precludes
notifications when certain conditions arise, especially ones which are
associated with existing well-defined program behavior.

That aside, thank you for your many contributions to the Red Hat
community.

Chet