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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: NEW: kconf_update, a framework for updating configuration files.
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-04-19 2:50:14
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On Wednesday 18 April 2001 18:00, Dawit Alemayehu wrote:
> > Currently it overwrites it, but I will probably make it so that the key
> > will be ignored if the desitnation key already exists.  Maybe with an
> > option to override that on a key to key basis, but only if someone can
> > point me to a case where that is needed.
>
> Hmm... isn't it better to ignore this key update by default unless, as you
> state,  an override is specified ? 

Yes, that's what I say (or mean at least)

> BTW, how about just copying from one config file to another and instead of
> moving ? Would that be out of context for an updater ?  This can be used to
> duplicate some existing keys with the user defined entries into new config
> files without removing them from the original one.

Yes, that's another option that I will probably add.

Cheers,
Waldo
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