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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.local

so 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

roll


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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!  roll

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