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Hi, Hamish, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Package: firebird2-server-common > Version: 1.5.2-10 > Severity: important Do you care to justify the severity? > On upgrade, firebird2-server-common asked me what to do with > security.fdb. However it's a binary file, so things like "diff" > don't make sense. I think managing this file as a conffile is just > wrong. diff makes no sense, yes. But replacing the password database on upgrade is even worse. > If you want to make merges possible then it would be better to do it > with SQL dumps. Practically, the packaged security.fdb changes only when upstream changes it - i.e. on new upstream releases, so merges are not what I meant by marking security.fdb as a conffile. However, I agree that merges are the way to go. hints/ideas/patches are warmly welcome. dam -- Damyan Ivanov Creditreform Bulgaria [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.creditreform.bg/ phone: +359(2)928-2611, 929-3993 fax: +359(2)920-0994 mob. +359(88)856-6067 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/Gaim
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