[Mageia-dev] "created as .rpmnew" lies?

Tue Feb 12 12:19:45 CET 2013

'Twas brillig, and EatDirt at 12/02/13 10:06 did gyre and gimble:
+> Within today update of cauldron:
+> 
+>  7/232: Default-kde4-config   ###########################
+> warning: /var/lib/mageia/kde4-profiles/Default/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
+> created as
+> /var/lib/mageia/kde4-profiles/Default/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.rpmnew
+> 
+> Now if I go to that directory, I see this is not the case:
+> 
+>  ls -trl
+> total 80
+> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   347 May 21  2011 backgroundrc
+> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21677 Jun  6  2012 kdmrc.rpmsave
+> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 Feb  6 22:29 themes/
+> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21689 Feb 12 11:02 kdmrc.ccpbackup
+> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21630 Feb 12 11:02 kdmrc
+> 
+> It has been created as kdmrc, with a rpmsave. It seems we have a problem
+> in between the message and what is actually done?
+
+No, I think the file itself is indeed created as a .rpmnew at the time
+RPM prints that message.
+
+In the spec:
+http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/mageia-kde4-config/current/SPECS/mageia-kde4-config.spec?revision=397256&view=markup#l117
+
+we use the "ccp" program to merge the .rpmnew config to the current
+config (i.e. merging in your customisations to the new file, such that
+new comments and directives are present).
+
+This has the effect of subsequently deleting the .rpmnew file (although
+creating the kdmrc.ccpbackup file).
+
+Thus it's doing everything correctly, even if the use of ccp can result
+in the rpmnew warnings being misleading.
+
+I suspect the .rpmsave is a relic from previous package updates a while
+back.
+
+Col
+
+
+
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+Colin Guthrie
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