Re: Check config files on upgrade (was ... Re: Gnome 3 fail scenario)

2014-01-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:59:28AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:39:47 +1300 > Chris Bannister wrote: > > Hello Chris, > > >keep my own version of the config file, which led to my crisis. > >Now if I had known to compare the new '/etc/vim/vimrc' with my one ... > > IDK what

Re: Check config files on upgrade (was ... Re: Gnome 3 fail scenario)

2014-01-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:39:47 +1300 Chris Bannister wrote: Hello Chris, >keep my own version of the config file, which led to my crisis. >Now if I had known to compare the new '/etc/vim/vimrc' with my one ... IDK what it was like then, but nowadays you're asked if you wish to view the difference

Check config files on upgrade (was ... Re: Gnome 3 fail scenario)

2014-01-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 07:53:28PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Why oh why do I ever choose the package maintainer's config for a > package I have already config'd? It's one of those questions that > plagues perennial philosophy. But I digress... It can bite you both ways! e.g. if a major new ver