--- Ed Wilts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 15:42, John Cavan wrote:
what's wrong with .rpmnew ?
Nothing for me, but think about it from a newbie perspective. They will
likely think that something went wrong during installation and around a
rather critical file.
What John means is from an *absolute* newbie's perspective. I still
remembered when I use rpm the first time, when I saw those rpmsave, rpmnew
etc, I wondered if my config files are trashed or completely replaced or
something.. completely no idea what's going on at that time.
Abel Cheung
John Cavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is it really necessary to have /etc/passwd and /etc/group in RPMs? I
yes, needed for install in any case new/removed groups are merged by
update-passwd file.
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Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
John Cavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is it really necessary to have /etc/passwd and /etc/group in RPMs? I
yes, needed for install in any case new/removed groups are merged by
update-passwd file.
Would it not make more sense for the install program to create the
John Cavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Would it not make more sense for the install program to create the base
files in /etc and then execute update-passwd? Keeps /etc from being
littered with *.rpmnew files and keeps newbies from wondering what the
heck is going on.
what's wrong with .rpmnew
On 3 Apr 2001, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
John Cavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Would it not make more sense for the install program to create the base
files in /etc and then execute update-passwd? Keeps /etc from being
littered with *.rpmnew files and keeps newbies from wondering what
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 15:42, John Cavan wrote:
what's wrong with .rpmnew ?
Nothing for me, but think about it from a newbie perspective. They will
likely think that something went wrong during installation and around a
rather critical file.
Basically, all I'm suggesting is that we
Ed Wilts wrote:
Basically, all I'm suggesting is that we treat /etc/passwd and similar
files like XF86Config... create it, never install it. After that, specific
packages can add or remove as needed, including setup.
I disagree. I regularly go through and search for .rpmnew files and
Hey guys,
Is it really necessary to have /etc/passwd and /etc/group in RPMs? I
can't possibly think of a install of Mandrake that would retain the
initial copies of these files past about an hour, so updates just leave
a bunch of *.rpmnew files lying around. Would it not be better to create
the
