On 7/11/06, Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 05:29:06PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote
> Gerhard Hoogterp schrieb:
> >> When I say "yes" I mean "yes". When I say "no" I mean "no". And I
> >>don't mean "just until the next update" either. I have reasons for my
> >>settings; please don't act like Windows and assume that you know better
> >>than me. And there is no excuse whatsoever for wiping out the custom
> >>settings in /etc/conf.d/local.start
> >
> >As I wrote in an other mail: Stop interfering with the actual configfile
> >and add the changes to a config.conf.dist file.
>
> Yep, you wrote that, and I answered that *I* would *NOT* like this.
> I like it, that I can use a program right away - at least in a
> "default" way. If you had your way, *NO* program which relied on
> configuration files would be usable after installation, as no
> configuration file could be found. Because of that, I would not want
> to happen what you proposed.
I think there's a mis-understanding here. Gerhard and I are
complaining about config files being possibly *OVERWRITTEN* with default
settings. If there's no config file, sure write the default config
file. But if someone has customized a config file, assume that they
know what they're doing, and leave settings alone.
That only happens if YOU do it. No config file is EVER changed without
your permission by portage, if it does not exist, a default is copied,
but if there's already one, no.
Another thing, some programs will NOT WORK AT ALL if you do not update
your config files, been there, done that. If your program, in its
evolution process, increases security, changes some variable names,
change its behavior in any way while dealing with config files, and
you keep your old config, you're in trouble. Gentoo gives you the new
format config file, so you can merge changes interactively, avoiding
problems and keeping your config up-to-date. What other config file
protection does that?!
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