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Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade?

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On 03/21/18 12:44, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2018-03-21 at 04:13, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> 
> 
> So... are you entirely sure that you even need to check it *before*
> initiating the upgrade? The mid-upgrade prompt might be enough.
> 

Yes, I am sure.

Its pretty painful to resolve config file conflicts in (lets say)
dovecot at upgrade time, putting EMail access for +200 users at risk.
I have to check in advance. Resolving config file conflicts during
the upgrade is too late.

> If so, the only way of doing so that I can think of would be to get the
> source of the relevant version of the relevant package ('apt-get source
> packagename') and look at the copy of the relevant file from under that
> source tree. (And possibly check for the presence of scripts that might
> automatically modify that during the package build, or even during the
> preinst, but I would expect that such a situation would be rare.)
> 

Now your assumption is that I know in advance, which packages produce a
conflict. I cannot tell.

To check I would like to run something like

	checkconfig xyz.deb

after download, but before upgrade of package xyz.

Of course I could open the deb file, grab all config files and diff them
with the installed version. But it would be very nice to get an "official"
tool for this.


Regards
Harri

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how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> - 2018-03-21 09:20 +0100
  Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-03-21 12:50 +0100
    Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-21 13:30 +0100
      Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2018-03-21 14:30 +0100
    Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-03-21 14:50 +0100
      Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-03-21 15:20 +0100
        Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-03-21 16:40 +0100
          Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-03-21 22:00 +0100
            Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-03-21 22:40 +0100
              Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-03-21 22:50 +0100
                Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-03-22 11:20 +0100
                Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? felmon davis <moelmoel2714@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 09:00 +0200
                Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-03-27 09:30 +0200
            Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Jason <electron@emypeople.net> - 2018-03-22 03:30 +0100
    Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> - 2018-03-21 16:50 +0100
      Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-03-21 17:20 +0100
        Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-03-21 22:00 +0100
        Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> - 2018-03-22 11:20 +0100
          Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Tomaž Šolc <tomaz.solc@tablix.org> - 2018-03-23 10:20 +0100
  Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-21 16:00 +0100
    Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-03-21 16:20 +0100
      Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-21 18:20 +0100
    Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-03-21 16:20 +0100
  Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade? Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> - 2018-03-21 17:00 +0100

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