On Tue 27 Nov 2018 at 11:07:33 +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote: [Snip]
> > During startup, nano will first read the system-wide settings, from > > /etc/nanorc (the exact path might be different), and then the user- > > specific settings, from ~/.nanorc. > > So, the correct file to customise nano settings is either of those two > > files. > > Yup, I simply put my default.nanorc file back into the /usr/share/nano > dir. I want it to be a system wide default as the current default is > "a bit sparse" ;-) Then you used dpkg-divert to be able to sleep better at nights and not have to worry about it being overwritten? > I now better understand the logic why my default file got replaced. > Still it would have been better if there was some kind of warning but > I understand the logic and I can live with it. :-) It would not have been better to have been given a warning. Any admin who alters a system file should know what he is doing and be able to deal with it. Think of a hundred altered files and a hundred warnings during an upgrade. Another point is that /usr/local is the place for non-package files. -- Brian.
