Re: pkgbase and config file merges

Automatically overwriting files like passwd is clearly a problem.
Preferred solution would be a list, say [never_overwrite] and/or [ask
before overwriting] and/or [write diff to /var/db/pkgbase/...] in
/etc/defaults/pkgbase specifying existing files that should never be
modified without at least a dialog.

This plus the cleanup of pkgsave files which should only be written to
/var/db/pkgbase/pkgsave/`date +%G%m%d%H%M` should address the blockers
to more widespread adoption of packagebase and, ideally, make it
mandatory or at least the default option in the next version of FreeBSD.

Roger



> On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 06:02:41AM +0000, Graham Perrin wrote:
>> On 04/03/2024 10:14, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>>>> ?
>>> Pkg has 3-way merge code, so it is similar to etcupdate(8) provided the file is
>>> properly marked as a config file i the source tree which is the case of
>>> master.passwd
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bapt
>>
>> Thanks, that's a very pleasant surprise, is
>> <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/master/FAQ.md#25> outdated?
>>
>> (Answered in 2012; <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/commit/02f8a139532c32b63d21e36ebc67d3ca76a92813>.)
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> No this is not outdated.
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>> Is <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/1845> still, partly, an issue?
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>> ? pkg(8) deinstall and then reinstall of FreeBSD-runtime leads to wiping out
>> `/etc/master.passwd` and `/etc/group` ? Issue #1845 ? freebsd/pkg
>>
> this is not an issue, this is expected.
>
> Best regards,
> Bapt
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