/etc key location auto-migration
seth vidal
skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Mon Apr 25 12:37:50 UTC 2005
> What will RPM do when /usr/share/ssl changes from a directory to a
> symlink on an upgrade, if /usr/share/ssl contains non-package-managed
> files? Fail to create the symlink, I'd presume? In which case, old
> configurations will remain pointing at old files, so no migration is
> necessary. Of course, if people *want* to migrate their stuff over they
> can do that manually.
>
> I don't think %post scripts should go moving random user-controlled
> files around nor munging configurations because of this change.
Agreed. I think this should be flagged in the release-notes but
otherwise not an automated event.
For things like ssl keys erring on the side of caution makes a lot of
sense.
-sv
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