On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:15:48 -0800, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Timothy G Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Anders Kaseorg and I created a system of CDBS modules (which we've >> tentatively packaged as the config-package-dev package) for creating >> Debian configuration packages. By configuration packages, we mean >> packages that configure an existing Debian system by applying >> dpkg-divert to configuration files. Our configuration package system >> makes the process of creating configuration packages efficient. > >It's generally accepted wisdom that dpkg-divert doesn't work properly with >configuration files and isn't safe.
Which is actually a big pity since I have been looking for a method to roll out _configuration_ to a lot of systems by means of the already in-place, apt-based software distribution system. I have once experimented with using ucf to force in new configuration, but that has shown to have "interesting" quirks. A different method would be to background a job which waits until no apt or dpkg jobs are running and more and does the conffile change then, but that's a very bad hack. We need a documented way to do those things. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
