On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:04:01 +0100, Alec Leamas <leamas.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 11/11/15 10:37, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:24:52 -0800, Josh Triplett >> <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: >>> Vincent Danjean wrote: > >> I violently disagree. We have always done it the other way, and had >> the advantage that our conffile handling (which used to be and IMO >> still is far superior to everything else other distributions have) >> could notice if _both_ local changes and distribution changes happened >> and ask the use what to do in this case. >> >> Adopting the systemd way here deprives our users of this advantage, >> reducing Debian's operation safety. > >please... I'm a newbie looking for help. If you want to discuss >systemd's configuration, please start a new thread.
This is debian-devel, not -user. >BTW, note that the /etc/systemd/system local overrides don't need to be >complete files, just the things locally changed. systemd merges the /lib >and /etc files to the actual unit. Which is a significant threat to safety if the /lib part changes in a way that is incompatible to the local admin's local changes in /etc. I mentioned that in my article in the Jane Jones paragraph. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
