Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:01:41 +0100 From: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net> To: Adi Pircalabu <apircalabu@bitdefender.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: pkg-plist strict enforcement starting Message-ID: <20050114140141.GP69532@voodoo.oberon.net> In-Reply-To: <20050114155745.179a1bfe@apircalabu.dsd.ro> References: <20050113062739.GA28658@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0501131148520.25402-100000@pancho> <20050113180504.GA26064@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050114130404.250d6e26@apircalabu.dsd.ro> <20050114112918.GF69532@voodoo.oberon.net> <1105704398.41e7b5ce7dc5e@buexe.b-5.de> <20050114144353.1aad2014@apircalabu.dsd.ro> <20050114133050.GN69532@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050114155745.179a1bfe@apircalabu.dsd.ro>
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--oHxSCaSS3y4TqjY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 03:57:45PM +0200, Adi Pircalabu wrote: > I understand your point, it is very decent from an application to > clean-up after deinstall. But sometimes it is not appropriate to > complete delete all the dirs/files, especially when the files are, let's > say, system-wide configuration files. What if I upgrade the software? Do > I have to backup the configuration before upgrading, and then restore it > after the upgrade completed? I'm too lazy for that, I'd like a smooth > and easy upgrade :) That's why I suggested to use cmp(1) in pkg-plist to compare *default* configuration files and *user-defined* configuration files :) -Kirill --oHxSCaSS3y4TqjY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB59DFQC1G6a60JuURAha4AKDRfM4ZW3sCOgHyaAQ9uOEsBtTKxwCZAa6s TVDzp/qQ7NoaXja8Y4R6Wfs= =/wzh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oHxSCaSS3y4TqjY8--
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