https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844

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------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2003-01-23 14:42 -------
This could be a more general mechanism for managing upgrade of package and is
not necessary relevant to urpmi/gurpmi/rpmdrake.



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If a package is installed via rpmdrake, and a config file is changed, so that a
.rpmnew file is created, the user is prompted (I think by gurpmi?) with the
option to use the .rpmnew file, the original, and to compare differences.

This is really nice.

But the rpm is alerady installed at that point.  If the rpm had to run programs
after installation - e.g. a server, or generate fils - this was done using the
old config file.

Example - if /etc/fonts/fonts.conf changes in an update, the font cache will be
rebuilt using the old /etc/fonts/fonts..conf before the user is prompted, and
after selecting .rpmnew the font cache and the conf file are out of sync,
possibly causing slow startup or incorrect behaviour for some programs.

There are other examples of course, e.g. if apache.conf is changed.

I'm wondering if it'd be possible to integrate rpm & gurpmi a little further,
and have the rpm post-install stuff done *after* the user has decided?  Or if
this even makes sense?  Just a thought, I've marked it "minor".

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