rpm overwriting config files again

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On 30.05.2015 06:22, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
> The alternative scenario is equally plausible:
>
> Sysadmin is trying to install software manually, lacks expertise in configuring. Eventually\
> the sysadmin attempts install from rpm packages, mis-configuration is overwritten,
> and everything Just Work. Which isn't true if the newly installed configuration is
> renamed with a .rpmnew suffix.
sysadmins installs software, and sees .rpmnew was created. this is 
common indication that config needs to be merged.

there are plenty of existing scenarios that new software does not work 
until sysadmin merges .rpmnew config.

-- 
glen