warnings on todays tetex update

[Joe Smith]

Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 12:03 -0400, Joe Smith wrote:
>> I guess I was looking for some input on the bigger question: Is this a 
>> packaging error that needs to be fixed, or is it expected from normal 
>> use of the TeX packages?
>> ...
> A component of tetex regenerates the .map files when it is installed.
> Because of this, the .map files are marked as configuration files, even
> though most people will never touch them.  The output you see is normal.

Ah, so when the update removes the older version, it can't remove the 
.map files because it can't be sure that the user didn't customize them 
in some way, is that it?

I'm not used to seeing this situation--most updates seem to handle 
updating their config files cleanly, unless I actually do modify 
something of course.

> So the warnings and .rpmnew files are normal and not bugs.

The two are not mutually exclusive; it may not be a bug, but it maybe 
could be handled differently. A "normal warning" often indicates a 
design problem at some level.

Thanks for the help.

<Joe