Re: Package Updates

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

Oops, sorry.  I failed to Read The Full Question.  It's late.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:10:52PM -0600, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 07:17:20PM -0800, Bruce McDonald wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have finished updating (Freshening) my RH9 installation with all the
> > Bugzilla updated packages.
> > Now I have a few of questions.
> > 
> > There are now config files that have endings of .rpmnew and .rpmsave, I
> > assume rpmnew is the new file written by the update and rpmsave is the old
> > file saved when the update wrote the new file.  Correct?

Yes.

> > Config files that have these are:
> > /etc/postfix/main.cf (main.cf.rpmnew),
> > /etc/sane.d/dll.conf (dll.conf.rpmsave),
> > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf (sendmail.cf.rpmnew)
> > /etc/mail submit.cf (submit.cf.rpmnew)
> >  
> > Will the updates work with the old configs or do I need to regenerate these
> > files after the update?

Your installation should run fine the way the update left things.

> > Thank you for your assistance.
> > 
> > Bruce

Now, the rest of the story:

> I'm not sure what criteria are used to determine whether you get a
> .rpmnew or .rpmsave, but here's my guess.  Any change in the config
> file that has obvious benefits and is not likely to break your current
> customizations, will replace your config file with the new one
> (possibly modified - I don't know), and the old one becomes *.rpmsave.
> 
> On the other hand, if the new config might well break your existing
> configuration and/or the improvements are not essential, then the new
> config is left as *.rpmnew.
> 
> In both cases, I recommend comparing the current config with the
> .rpm[save|new] and either merge your configuration into the .rpmnew
> and rename it, or merge what you want from the .rpmsave into the new
> config.
> 
> For those not afraid of Emacs, it has an excellent buffer compare
> function you can use to migrate changes in one file to another similar
> file.  Its comparison function is much more powerful than diff.  It's
> in the Tools menu at "Compare (Ediff)".
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bob McClure, Jr.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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