[2205] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: alternate packs/config proposal for Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Mon Oct 5 15:38:14 1998
To: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Cc: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>, sipb-source-reviewers@MIT.EDU,
linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "05 Oct 1998 15:31:02 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 15:32:55 EDT
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> apply-patch saves the original version of the file in a known place,
> so that's not really an issue.
Yes, it is an issue. Consider the case where the system takes an RPM
update which edits the config file after the sed script has been
applied. How do you go to a new version of that sed script while
preserving the RPM update?
