On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 2:30 pm, David Robertson wrote:
On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 14:32, Anne Wilson wrote:
I have just downloaded and installed a list of security updates, and am
left with a box regarding cups, in which it says that some configuration
files were created as .rpmnew. They concern classes.conf and
printers.conf.
It would be catastrophic if anything were to go wrong with printing
today, as I am in the middle of a big job in which printing is
essential. Is there any risk in accepting these? It seems odd that I am
given the choice of deleting them or accepting them as a main
configuration file.
Anne
When I've used MCC to install updates, it has warned me if this happens
and offers the opportunity to compare the old and new config files then
edit as appropriate. You might want to take a look at etc-update which
makes the job easier - for example, it can merge the old and new files.
David
At first look I could not see the big deal. The printers.conf file doesn't
seem to change anything. The classes file appears to be a skeleton config
file, with everything hashed out. I decided to minimise the box while I
thought about it. Having thought, I went back to it - or attempted to do so.
The box had disappeared. Anyway, it still looks as though there's no big
deal, so I've made the assumption that I would not have been given the choice
if it really mattered. On the basis of this I'm leaving the original files
active until I've finished this urgent work, then I'll rename them and
release the new ones onto the system.
Anne
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