Re: A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?

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On 09/02/07 04:55, Richard Hartmann wrote:
> Everyone will know a message like this:
>
> Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.conf'
> ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
> ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
> N or O : keep your currently-installed version
> D : show the differences between the versions
> Z : background this process to examine the situation
> The default action is to keep your current version.
> *** sysctl.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
>
> What I would want is something like
>
> M: merge files interactively
>
> which would then call vimdiff, probably via $DIFF_EDITOR
> or some other variable if something like it does already exist.
>
> Is anyone aware of any such solution or has good suggestions
> on custom-creating it?

Great idea! File a wishlist bug against debconf.

• -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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