Le mardi 25 novembre 2008 à 20:42 +0100, Matteo Settenvini a écrit : > An idea, by the way: as of now, Ubuntu during an update pops-up > sparingly a window asking what to do with a modified configuration file: > if keeping the original version of the maintainer, the modified one, or > what else.
Yes, this is precisely the kind of things that PackageKit is missing. Currently update-manager does that with a specific hook, but the clean way would be to use debconf, and there is already work underway to get it right. > Can't we have an option at the beginning of the upgrade process like > " > When a system-wide configuration file has to be replaced: > > (o) Always choose the new version (recommended) > ( ) Always leave the local version in place > ( ) Ask from time to time > " > ...or maybe a preference option? I think that would make just one more useless question. The package manager asks about the modified configuration file only when it has no other choice; the user has modified the file by hand and the modifications cannot be merged. The wrong choice can break the configuration, so that’s why the question is asked. > Most users seeing that smb.conf or login.defs has to be adjusted really > don't know what to do (I've seen quite a lot of them panicking at a > distro upgrade): they never touched these files and don't know what they > do. Any time this happens while the file has not been modified, this is considered an important or serious bug. Please don’t hesitate to report such issues to the BTS. Cheers, -- .''`. : :' : We are debian.org. Lower your prices, surrender your code. `. `' We will add your hardware and software distinctiveness to `- our own. Resistance is futile.
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