Disk defragmenter in Linux
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Dec 29 00:27:04 UTC 2005
On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 17:52, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >And more to the point, where third-party RPMs fit into
> >the picture. In RedHat-land they are almost always made
> >to fit into the vendor-provided scheme, clobbering system
> >files if there is a conflict.
> >
> >
> It shouldnt do that. RPM packages are supposed to create a .rpmnew file
> if the preexisting configuration files are modifed. The rules governing
> such changes are documented in detail in several guides. See
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/RPM. If packages dont honor such
> rules then it can be consider a bug with those specific packages rather
> than RPM itself. Do file bug reports as appropriate.
I'm talking about things that depend on updated/modified versions
of stock libraries or other tools like you find in some third-party
repositories.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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