[2813] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Strange login behaviour:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donnie Barnes)
Tue Nov 5 15:14:34 1996
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Nov 1996 14:41:30 EST."
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Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 14:54:01 -0500
From: Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
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> > The same here. After upgrade to 4.0 my /etc/hosts was
> > overwritten. Why did it happen? I thought RedHat upgrade
> > system was supposed to seemlesly overwrite older binaries
> > and add new ones without changing existing configuration.
>
> I have complained repeatedly about this crap. It overwrites my httpd.conf
> and other stuff that is NOT necessary. I then have to spend time copying
> back the originals.
>
> I am a HUGE RedHat fan, ask the folks where I work, but this needs to be
> corrected in the NEXT release. Some (most?) of us have highly configured
> systems.
Look, RPM has a very sophisticated mechanism for deciding if it's safe
to leave a file in place, or if it needs to change it. If you have complaints,
please send them to the rpm-list@redhat.com along with a *better* way to
handle things.
--Donnie
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