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The pacman bug tracker has moved to gitlab:
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/issues
This tracker remains open for interaction with historical bugs during the transition period. Any new bugs reports will be closed without further action.
FS#8205 - Tell post_install about backup-files
Attached to Project:
Pacman
Opened by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Tuesday, 02 October 2007, 23:31 GMT
Last edited by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Thursday, 24 July 2008, 03:19 GMT
Opened by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Tuesday, 02 October 2007, 23:31 GMT
Last edited by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Thursday, 24 July 2008, 03:19 GMT
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DetailsWhen pacman installs a package, it should export an environment variable to post_install, containing all files that have been saved as .pacnew.
That way, a warning could be issued in post_install whenever modifications are needed to the configuration file, but omitted if the user uses the default configuration anyway. |
This task depends upon
Closed by Dan McGee (toofishes)
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 03:19 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: Pacman already tells you when pacnew files are created.
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 03:19 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: Pacman already tells you when pacnew files are created.
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) -
Tuesday, 02 October 2007, 23:36 GMT
Removing from the 3.1 roadmap. We already have had enough feature creep and I want to get the release moving, not standing still.