FS#15896 - notify user when auto updating config files

Attached to Project: Release Engineering
Opened by Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter_be) - Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 08:55 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Monday, 26 November 2012, 04:45 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category AIF
Status Closed
Assigned To Gerhard Brauer (GerBra)
Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter_be)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2009.08
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Any time aif updates a config file "automagically" it should inform the user about this.
This is very interesting information.

Maybe we could also integrate it with the settings that prompt for autofill-in.

Something like:

.. updating grub menu.lst kernel line for lvm setup
.. updating mkinitcpio.conf: adding hooks: lvm..
<prompt: do you want to apply the same network settings?>
.. updating rc.conf: ip
.. updating rc.conf: netmask
....
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Monday, 26 November 2012, 04:45 GMT
Reason for closing:  Deferred
Comment by Gerhard Brauer (GerBra) - Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 10:10 GMT
I see this usefull on the tty7 (log output). But you want this present in interactive dialog?
Hmm, i see no benefit for this:
a) It's the nature of an installer to create/modify config files...
b) On modern computers such messages run too fast over screen, so the user could not full read (and unserstand) them. So the message may be more confusing than usefully...
c) We have the "last instance" menu entry: "Configure System" where user could review and correct installer work so far...

Comment by Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter_be) - Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 19:36 GMT
b) -> obviously I would figure something out so that all messages are appended after each other (similar to what you see when processings disks) and that the user has to press 'ok' or something at the end
a) & c) -> sure, but I just think it's very interesting information to see. so you know what's going on.

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