[OpenAFS] Small suggestion for RH spec file?

matt@njit.edu matt@njit.edu
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:49:01 -0500


i Agree, the current behavior is irksome. 


Deniz Akkus Kanca wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Currently the RH RPM, openafs-client overwrites /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB and
> saves the original as /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB.rpmsave
> 
> I looked at the spec file for building the RPMs:
> 
> The line:
> %config /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB
> 
> can be changed to:
> %config(noreplace) /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB
> 
> in which case, RPM does not overwrite the /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB already
> present, but puts in the new file as /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB.rpmnew
> 
> I'd like to suggest that this behavior is preferable.
> I find the current behavior problematic since I use a modified CellServDB that
> includes just our cell and updating via RPM on a number of clients has been
> cumbersome due to the present behavior of writing over CellServDB.
> 
> Best regards,
> Deniz
> 
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