setup, fedora-release updates needed

[Matthew Woehlke]

Ondřej Vašík wrote:
> do not replace their files on update (as it would have horrible
> consequences in the case of file like /etc/passwd and/or /etc/shadow.

Ah... given that users should be running as a normal (!root) account 
created at install time, isn't it *guaranteed impossible* to update 
/etc/passwd by replacing the old unmodified file with the new?

Here's a pie-in-the-sky idea... store configs as deltas (since at least 
~2-4 releases back), write the .rpmnew as always, and notify the user to 
run a merge tool after the transaction completes. No more diffing and 
merging by hand, except in the face of merge conflicts...

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