-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 09:56:09AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 21 Mar 2018 at 09:13:43 (+0100), Harald Dunkel wrote: > > How can I view the diffs between my local modified config file > > (maybe modified 2 years ago) and the maintainer's config file > > included in the currently installed package or in a pending > > package upgrade? I would like to review my diffs, before running > > "apt upgrade". > > If you unpack the package somewhere, either using ar etc or, > more easily, by selecting it in mc and copying CONTENTS into, > say, /tmp > > $ for j in $(dpkg -L packagename) ; do [ -f $j ] && diff -u $j > /tmp/CONTENTS/$j ; done > > will list any changes. For example: > > $ for j in $(dpkg -L initramfs-tools) ; do [ -f $j ] && diff -u $j > /tmp/CONTENTS/$j ; done > --- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf 2018-01-22 15:19:07.666686422 > -0600 > +++ /tmp/CONTENTS//etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf 2014-10-27 > 00:00:00.000000000 -0500 > @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ > # Default is no > # If set to no leaves no .bak backup files. > > -backup_initramfs=yes > +backup_initramfs=no > $ > > Add quotes "" to taste. And you may need to chmod u+w /tmp/CONTENTS > to clear it out when finished.
Note that the config files might be changed by post-install scripts (possibly depending on user input through debconf). I guess the OP's wishes can only be really had with snapshotting (or equivalently, some overlayfs trickery). While that seems more or less feasible, it might be too heavy-handed to be enticing. Cheers - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlqyd5QACgkQBcgs9XrR2kZKnACdFHM4A2iW/7QC7jx7xuaQCnES TO4An21mt6j41xDmZx2pEXMkq6W42guW =K1wP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
