Josselin Mouette dijo [Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:53:56AM +0100]: > Why in preinst ? I think it can be done in config/postinst the usual > way. And of course, this question should be skipped if the file has not > been modified, and not have a too high priority.
Agree with you here, it makes more sense in preinst. That way it can also chicken out more easily. > If the user doesn???t want conversion, either you don???t upgrade at all (in > which case you indeed need to do it in the preinst) or you simply don???t > start the daemon, but this sounds suboptimal as well. > > > 2b- If the user does want automatic conversion, do it - and leave the > > daemon running. Leave old configuration as reference, appending > > .old to filename. > > In the end, this is the only sane thing to do, so you don???t even need to > ask the question. Just upgrade, convert, and display a big fat warning > that the configuration has been converted and where is the old file. Sounds quite sensible, all in all. However, I am not too comfortable with unilaterally modifying a conffile - Is that legal? Even if the user has already modified it? No, there is no way I can present a side-by-side diff... Unless I continue shipping my 0.5.x config file, just for comparison sake... -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
