On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:21:10 +0100, Graham Murray wrote: > Is there any way to improve the granularity in the merge function of > dispatch-conf, or make it more intelligent? > > The particular situation where it gives me problems is in configuration > files where the value of an option has been manually changed following > initial installation, then on an upgrade a new option is added close to > the one previously changed. In this situation, dispatch-conf almost > invariably wants to reset the changed option line back to its default.
I switched from dispatch-conf to conf-update a while ago and much prefer it. The merging is more flexible and rarely has problems as you describe. -- Neil Bothwick Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.
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