On Tue, Aug 4, 2015, at 01:38 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>
> Either %config or %config(noreplace) can cause problems during update.
> Neither one is completely safe with regard to breaking a program at
> runtime. It can be necessary to switch from %config(noreplace) to %config,
> or vice versa, in updates.

FWIW rpm-ostree (really ostree) consistently uses the equivalent of
%config(noreplace) always for everything in /etc, regardless of what the
input RPM says.

I think global predictability and consistency here is superior to
per-package choice.

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