Public bug reported:
This bug (not really one crashing your system, but a user annoyance
which should also be improved) report pertains to
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release: 18.04
$ apt-cache policy synaptic
synaptic:
Installiert: 0.84.3ubuntu1
Installationskandidat: 0.84.3ubuntu1
Versionstabelle:
*** 0.84.3ubuntu1 500
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$
When synaptic detects that during upgrading packages to the latest state
would change a configuration file because the newer release brings a
newer one with itself, synaptic asks whether one wants to keep the old
configuration file or install the new one. It shows the differences in a
scrollable but very tiny window. The height of this window (only 2.3
lines) makes it almost useless! It does not grow larger, if one
accommodates more space to the whole dialogue window.
This dialogue should be configured such that the window showing the
differences shows at least 5 lines and increases its size if the height
of the dialogue window is increased by the user. Further a button to
export the differences to some file, preferably with a name yyyy-mm-
dd_differences in ~/tmp or a similar place) should be provided in
addition.
** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: user-interface
** Attachment added: "a screenshot of the dialogue showing its wastful
consumption of real estate on the screen"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1862662/+attachment/5327076/+files/synaptic.png
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Title:
Synaptic should show differences in configuration files in a larger
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