On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:38:19 +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > > * Or more generally: I want to preserve my locally modified values > > and at the same time update the rest which I haven't touched. > That's a user change, I thought the point of this was that changes *not > done by users* are causing problems. Different problem.
Right, that's a different problem, and AFAIK Config::Model handles both. > > And that's what Config::Model allows, as far as I understood it. > That's not how I understood the purposes of it, although it could be > used that way, it isn't sufficient justification IMHO. > If admins make changes, admins should expect to handle the dpkg > conflicts. Sure, just that I (as an admin) would like to be able to do it easier than it works now. > I thought the idea of this was to handle changes not made by users - I > think we agree that those instances are bugs. Ack. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x00F3CFE4, 0x8649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT, SPI Inc., fellow of FSFE | http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Bob Marley/Jimmy Cliff/Erica Badu: No Woman No Cry
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