On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 05:38:03PM +0100, wf...@niif.hu wrote: > Marc Haber <mh+debian-ment...@zugschlus.de> writes: > > I would like to deliver a YAML config file with the package and have the > > old file still supported if an old file is still there (optimally > > printing a warning when starting up with old format). I would prefer to > > avoid a wrapper script. > > > > My idea would be to have two distinct systemd units, ser2net and > > ser2net-oldconfig, with appropriate ConditionPathExists directives. > > > > Is there something more elegant? > > Not sure it's better, but what about checking in the postinst if the old > config file is present and if so installing a unit file snippet under > /etc/systemd/system/ser2net.service.d overriding the ExecStart line for > the old config file? (I wouldn't use /etc/default/ser2net at all.) > And of course include a comment asking for its removal.
That would break configuration for all people who have set a different conffile in /etc/default/ser2net. This is one of the case where configurability makes things a lot harder for the package maintenance. If I hadn't made the configuration file location configurable this would be a no-brainer. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
