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  • From: "Andraž \"ruskie\" Levstik" <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Constantly overwritten config files
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:33:16 +0200

Juuso Alasuutari wrote :

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>
> Some programs overwrite existing config files on each install with the
> default
> config, for instance ifplugd does that. I asked its author if he could
> change
> this behavior, but he replied that most distros already handle it in their
> own way, and deviating from the present status quo would only stir things
> up.

>
> We implement a crude hack around a similar problem in kdebase, but I'm
> reluctant to apply that solution to ifplugd. Do we have any standard
> procedure one could follow in these cases?
>

Patch the build system to NOT install the config and use
install_config_file for it. I think that's our standard procedure.

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