[arch-general] Why was wpa_supplicant.conf renamed wpa_supplicant.conf.pacsav??

2016-12-18 Thread David C. Rankin
Arch devs, I'm left wondering what purpose was served by not providing a pre-update note or post-install restoration of any existing .pacsave found? The new sample wpa_supplicant.conf is in /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. If this was simply due to a pacman default action wh

Re: [arch-general] Why was wpa_supplicant.conf renamed wpa_supplicant.conf.pacsav??

2016-12-18 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 02:25:00PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > I know this is small-potatoes stuff, but I just wonder if in these > instances, it may not be better to either provide pre-update notice or do a > post-install script rather than relying on a post update action by the user? > At l

Re: [arch-general] Why was wpa_supplicant.conf renamed wpa_supplicant.conf.pacsav??

2016-12-18 Thread Maarten de Vries via arch-general
On 18 December 2016 at 21:32, Leonid Isaev wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 02:25:00PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > > I know this is small-potatoes stuff, but I just wonder if in these > > instances, it may not be better to either provide pre-update notice or > do a > > post-install script r

Re: [arch-general] Why was wpa_supplicant.conf renamed wpa_supplicant.conf.pacsav??

2016-12-18 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 09:40:29PM +0100, Maarten de Vries wrote: > On 18 December 2016 at 21:32, Leonid Isaev > wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 02:25:00PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > > > I know this is small-potatoes stuff, but I just wonder if in these > > > instances, it may not be

Re: [arch-general] Why was wpa_supplicant.conf renamed wpa_supplicant.conf.pacsav??

2016-12-18 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 12/18/2016 04:16 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: > Update messages are hard to see if they scroll past quickly, or when updating > via scripts. On the other hand, pacman.log contains "warning:" lines that show > which files were renamed. And why do you believe that logs are only useful > post-mortem? N

Re: [arch-general] Why was wpa_supplicant.conf renamed wpa_supplicant.conf.pacsav??

2016-12-18 Thread Doug Newgard
On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 14:25:00 -0600 "David C. Rankin" wrote: > Here, anyone relying on remote access via wpa_supplicant is left dead in the > water unless they catch the comment as it scrolls by before rebooting. (yes > they should review the comments, but with human nature what it is...) > An