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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    RE: Regarding software upgrades / config files / KSycoca
From:       David Faure <David.Faure () CRAMER ! CO ! UK>
Date:       1999-10-20 12:52:08
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> > I can't see how a binary registry helps here. In any way you would have
> > to register what the user wrote and what the application wrote. But our
> > mechanism with global and local entries should be fine enough. As long
> > as the user file only writes changes, replacing the global file should
> > be all that's needed for an update.
> 
> But changes of the sysadmin are lost ....
> 
> bye
> torben
> 

Yes, and that's why I suggested to use an installation script
which would take as input some tags with actions to perform
on the existing global config file, like ADD/REMOVE/UPDATE.

All settings previously set by the sysadmin and still valid for
the new release would be kept untouched.

David.


PS : The strength of the Unix world is its text tools. Let's not make
it weak with silly, closed and unrecoverable binary formats.

--
David Faure
faure@kde.org - KDE developer
david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramer.co.uk - Cramer Systems

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