On Wed 28 Nov 2018 at 08:19:39 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 27/11/2018 à 20:15, Brian a écrit : > > On Tue 27 Nov 2018 at 11:07:33 +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > > > > 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? > > This is a good advice for the future, but default.nanorc did not exist in > Jessie's nano package, so there was nothing to divert before the upgrade. > The OP was unlucky to choose a file name which will was used in the next > version.
No - it is good advice for now, unless the OP wants to continually have to manage the change manually after an upgrade. I surmise he is happy to do that. > > 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. > > The OP did dot alter a system file, the file did not exist in Jessie's > package. But it exists now. Choices, choices. -- Brian
