FS#50018 - implement /etc/pacman.d drop-in configuration folder
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Pacman
Opened by Olivier Médoc (oliv) - Monday, 11 July 2016, 12:55 GMT
Last edited by Andrew Gregory (andrewgregory) - Sunday, 16 October 2016, 14:10 GMT
Opened by Olivier Médoc (oliv) - Monday, 11 July 2016, 12:55 GMT
Last edited by Andrew Gregory (andrewgregory) - Sunday, 16 October 2016, 14:10 GMT
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Summary and Info:
A folder where one can place drop-in configuration snippets. Use Case: Editing config files such as /etc/pacman.conf with scripts / config packages is problematic for various reasons. When modifying it as a sysadmin it may later conflict with settings changed by the user. Also if pacman is updated and any changes are made to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf by dnf, these cannot be automatically merged. It will result in a /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew file that needs to be manually resolved. It would be a lot simpler / more convenient if scripts / config packages could just drop configuration snippets into /etc/pacman.d/*.conf. Debian/* has something similar with /etc/apt/conf.d, and Fedora/* with /etc/yum.conf.d Current state: When running pacman, Include directives are only allowed for mirrors: warning: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 51: directive 'Include /etc/pacman.d/qubes-updateproxy.conf' in section 'options' not recognized. warning: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 52: directive 'Include /etc/pacman.d/qubes-noupdate.conf' in section 'options' not recognized. warning: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 53: directive 'Include /etc/pacman.d/qubes-repositories.conf' in section 'options' not recognized. Ideally the configuration line "Include /etc/pacman.d/*.conf" could be added to /etc/pacman.conf and would allow users to add snippets into /etc/pacman.d without modifying /etc/pacman.conf. Examples: Users could drop their NoUpdate configuration lines into /etc/pacman.d/noupdate.conf Users could drop their custom repositories into /etc/pacman.d/myrepo.conf |
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Closed by Andrew Gregory (andrewgregory)
Sunday, 16 October 2016, 14:10 GMT
Reason for closing: Works for me
Sunday, 16 October 2016, 14:10 GMT
Reason for closing: Works for me
Is it possible to add this line in /etc/pacman.conf in order to allow automatic merging of upstream changes in pacman.conf ? This would also simplify third party scripts or configuration packages.