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

Tue Feb 12 13:12:34 CET 2013

12.02.2013 13:55, Luc Menut kirjoitti:
+> Le 12/02/2013 12:19, Colin Guthrie a écrit :
+>> '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.
+>>
+> 
+> Yes, it's a side effect of using ccp.
+> I need to make some tests, but I will probably try to remove the '-d' to 
+> keep the .rpmnew. This would allow users to see, and possibly merge in 
+> their kdmrc, the changes in default values.
+
+Unfortunately that would make it less clear that the file has been
+automerged already. If you do that, it should probably be renamed to
+.ccpsomething.
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+