retitle 413436 [CONFFILE] Cleverer conffile merge merge 32877 413436 thanks
Hi, On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 00:45:10 +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.13.25 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > it would be cool if dpkg could use an external program to > merge a new and an old configuration file on package update. > The current situation is a bit suboptimal since you loose > your old changes when installing the new version of a > configuration file (ok there is a backup) and if you keep > your old installation you can miss new configuration > parameters and stuff. > I created a patch to introduce a variable for dpkg > (merge-tools e.g. merge-tools /usr/bin/vimdiff) to enable > this feature. > You can find the patch on: http://nion.modprobe.de/dpkg_allowmerge.patch Please in the future attach patches in your bug reports. Also by skimming over the patch I see this is wrong: @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ enum conffopt { cfof_prompt = 001, cfof_keep = 002, cfof_install = 004, + cfof_merge = 006, cfof_backup = 00100, cfof_newconff = 00200, cfof_isnew = 00400, this should be a uniq octal value to be ORed, and this one is a combination of 002 and 004. > This would also close 120152 and 32877 since you can just > specify these programs. Why did you open a new bug report, knowing that there's already 8 other merged ones, with patches. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
