On Tuesday 28 May 2002 02:23 am, Ben Reser wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:06:09AM +0400, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > Is there any policy related to init scripts? I see absolutely no reasons > > to define them as noreplace except for very special cases (like rc.local > > probably). > > Lots of people edit them. And they only don't get replaced when they've > been changed. Otherwise it's not a problem. So if you edit one and > upgrade it hopefully you're smart enough to look for the .rpmnew file.
I edit a LOT of them, and would not want them replaced by default. I watch for the "saved as xxx.rpmnew" message and run diff on the two files if necessary. This is one of the reasons that I always update my rpms from the command line - I want to see every message! Jay DeKing
