Re: Does fou4s change configuration files

On Jan 9, Simon Hoerder <[email protected]> wrote:
> YOU replaces (if necessary) configuration without asking for the admins
> permission. I have to set up a new server using SuSE and I'd prefer to
> be asked first before a patch changes a configuration file. Is there an
> option in fou4s to ask the admin for his permission/skip the patch in
> case a configuration file needs to be modified or replaced?
This is up to the RPM system. Neither YOU nor fou4s can influence it. 
Usually, config files are configured as %config in the specfile, sometimes 
with an option to keep modified files, sometimes just to make a backup of 
the old one and use the supplied one.
If the config file is not marked as %config, it will be overwritten, but 
this is a bug in the package and not with fou4s or YOU. You should contact 
the package maintainer in that case. 
I haven't seen destroyed (e.g. no backup) config files in the past years, 
btw.

Markus

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