99828 – Advanced Config File protection for dispatch-conf

Bug 99828 - Advanced Config File protection for dispatch-conf

Summary: Advanced Config File protection for dispatch-conf

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2005-07-21 13:17 UTC by folken
Modified:	2005-07-21 13:54 UTC (History)
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Description folken 2005-07-21 13:17:28 UTC

Hi,

Its really positive to have a tool that can do backups of the changes it makes
during the etc files update. It's also a lot more comfortable to use. 

How about md5summing the config files at installation time and automatically
update them unless they no longer match the md5sum at upgrade time? This would
greatly ease the maintenance of these files and is less prone to human error.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-07-21 13:54:11 UTC

See /etc/dispatch-conf.conf; replace-unmodified=yes