On 05/11/2012 08:30 PM, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 11, Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org> wrote: > > >>> Long story short, I still don't see what the fuss is about. >>> >> The fuss is about we're being told that there will be silent >> overwriting of configuration files without being prompted about >> changes, which potentially, will make it horrible to manage >> upgrades in a decent way without knowing the corner cases. >> > No, not even that: if you edit files in /lib without being aware of the > consequences then you are an idiot and deserve to suffer for it. > The problem with etc-overrides-lib is that a file must be copied in > full from /lib to /etc to be modified, and then future changes to the > same file in /lib will be ignored (so maybe the package will break > because these changes are required, etc). > Yes, that's exactly what I don't like, and what I want to avoid!!!
I want to be prompted, shown a diff, so I can see what's going on, and then take my own decision based on this diff. So, in fewer words: the current normal behavior in Debian. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fad0f7a.2020...@debian.org
