[Bro-Dev] bro-pkg upgrade and over-writing of files
Aashish Sharma
asharma at lbl.gov
Tue Nov 29 11:58:54 PST 2016
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 07:51:21PM +0000, Siwek, Jon wrote:
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> But a new feature could be added to bro-pkg that allows package authors to specify a list of config files in their bro-pkg.meta. Then on install/upgrade/remove, if a user has made modifications to any of those files, they can be warned/prompted about how to proceed (show a diff, ask to overwrite or keep modified version, etc.). This seems a common way to handle config files in the package management scene.
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I like the idea of warned/prompted (show a diff, ask to overwrite or keep new version etc) is good. That helps with situations where a new variables introduced in in a config file after the upgrade also don't go unnoticed.
> Would such a feature work for you?
Yes absolutely. This would be rather perfect.
Thank you,
Aashish
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