Re: pkgbase and config file merges

On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 08:59:36AM -0800, Roger Marquis wrote:
> 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.
> 
this can only happen in the bootstrap phase and not otherwise, in normal usage
there is always a 3 way merge happening and if the 3 way merge fails there the
original is preserved and a file.pkgnew is created with the new content.

pkg should always be and remain unattended, once it enter a transaction so there
is no plan to make it interactive.

I don't understand what you are asking for about the .pkgsave files cleanup.

Best regatrds,
Bapt