On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:06:29 -0400, Eric Crossman wrote: > While I agree that etc-update is a vast improvement over other package > systems, it would be nice to have a CVS type merge where I only have to > make choices when the "system can't figure it out". It seems like > etc-update (and friends) should be able to take advantage of mtime > metadata and md5 checksums to determine if I've made any modifications > to the default config file. That way an unmodified default config from > version N can just safely be replaced with the new default for version N > +1. Does this functionality already exist with the current etc-update?
It exists as an option with dispatch-conf, as do options to automatically replace files if the only differences are whitespace and comments. -- Neil Bothwick Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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