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#1 2004-10-16 18:46:54
- dtw
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incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
this is merely a sneaking suspicion of a problem:
today i installed bogomipz' patched initscripts with pacman -U and it overwrote my rc.conf, local.conf etc - it backed them up ok but i had to move the pacsaves back.
Why? When i upgrade initscripts it works fine - is this because i have used -S?
what's more i have this in pacman.conf:
NoUpgrade = etc/rc.conf etc/rc.localso i am fairly certain no package should touch them AT ALL!
Am I wrong?
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#2 2004-10-16 18:48:35
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
ah - is it because the -U removes initscripts in it's entirety before installing the new one? this is behaviour still seems a bit dnagerous!
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#3 2004-10-17 22:14:03
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
it's Pacmans default behaviour,
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=6625
arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy
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#4 2004-10-18 09:01:06
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
it's pacman's default behaviour to replace files that you have xplicitily stated should not be replaced?
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#5 2004-10-18 13:27:33
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
no, wrong of me,
strange, this has never happen to me,
arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy
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#6 2004-10-18 13:39:42
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
It happens, its a libs thing.....
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#7 2004-10-18 14:58:14
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
Mr. Green fixed his password!
It happens? That's comforting! :shock:
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#8 2004-10-18 15:26:05
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
password ?
#9 2004-10-18 15:27:17
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
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#10 2004-12-19 04:49:10
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Re: incorrect overwrite behviour with -U
this still happens esp if i upgarde initscripts - try upgrading and then reverting with -U and see how you lose all your config files! it's great!
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