In my opinion, the best solution would be to automatically keep a copy of the original configuration file (maybe RPM could do that - always wondered why it doesn't, or one could use a tool like etckeeper).
For files in /etc that have to be changed, I usually make a backup copy, enabling me to do a simple three-way file merge (see merge(1)) after an update: $ cp -av foo foo.orig $ vi foo # initial config $ yum upgrade # this creates a foo.rpmnew $ merge foo foo.orig foo.rpmnew $ vi foo # in case there were conflicts $ mv foo.rpmnew foo.orig It would be supercool if rpmconf could aid in doing this workflow - or maybe that's what the updated rpmconf in rawhide already does? ;) - Thomas -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
