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| author | Darren Austin <darren@afterdark.org.uk> | 2018-09-19 23:18:10 -0500 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com> | 2018-09-19 23:21:58 -0500 |
| commit | a805617e8160e0a6257d882cec933115806f8bf1 (patch) | |
| tree | 664b6ecdbbf5efe02e9f95e386dd9b4668955648 /files/slackpkg.conf.5 | |
| parent | ff0b9ff70a6031e712035e98b1dd2845774cb137 (diff) | |
| download | slackpkg-a805617e8160e0a6257d882cec933115806f8bf1.tar.xz | |
Add config option to allow *not* saving .orig configs
When admins choose to allow slackpkg new-config to overwrite
currently installed config files with the .new counterparts
from an upgraded package, slackpkg has traditionally created
backups of the config files first, with the backups being
written out with .orig extensions. This commit does not change
the default behavior, but it does allow it to be turned off.
TLDR: set "ORIG_BACKUPS" to "off" in /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf
if you do not wish to have .orig files left over
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'files/slackpkg.conf.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | files/slackpkg.conf.5 | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/files/slackpkg.conf.5 b/files/slackpkg.conf.5 index 5af259a..10c9576 100644 --- a/files/slackpkg.conf.5 +++ b/files/slackpkg.conf.5 @@ -211,6 +211,21 @@ is "off". Only change this if you know what are you doing... From command line, you can use -only_new_dotnew=value. .TP 5 +.B ORIG_BACKUPS +.br +During integration of .new files during the post installation phase, original +files are backed up to a file name with a .orig extension. To prevent this, +set this option to "off" and note that you will no longer have a copy of the +content of the file prior to it being replaced by the .new version. + +The default value of +.B ORIG_BACKUPS +is "on". Only change this if you are sure you don't want backups of +overwritten files. +.br +From the command line, you can use -orig_backups=value. + +.TP 5 .B ONOFF .br The |