On Tuesday 08 January 2013 19:39:40 Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > > > - If you have modified the configuration, most interfaces will give > > > > > > you a diff between your current configuration and ask what to do. I > > > typically open up a different session and use vim/emacs to merge the > > > two sets of changes at this point. > > > > > > > > You mean there will be a bunch of .diff files for you to have to look > > through? Or something else? > > No - it will prompt interactively during installation. There are > options on apt/dpkg to avoid the prompts by always doing either (a) > install the new version or (b) leave the config file untouched.
Which is not very handy for casual users. Which is why I proposed a tool to migrate user's configuration with new package configuration. [1] But I cannot push this further all by myself. All the best [1] http://wiki.debian.org/PackageConfigUpgrade -- https://github.com/dod38fr/ -o- http://search.cpan.org/~ddumont/ http://ddumont.wordpress.com/ -o- irc: dod at irc.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201301231626.05282....@debian.org
