Managing .rpmnew files?

[David Timms]

On 05/06/09 15:56, Michael Rohan wrote:
>  Is there a standard way to manage the .rpmnew files created on "yum
> update"?  It would seem the updates should be "merged" into the locally
> modified files when appropriate
My suggestion is to yum install meld, then
meld /etc/something.rpmnew /etc/something

This way you can see any notes that might be in the rpmnew file about 
how to set new parameters, etc, and graphically pull those new elements 
into your existing config file.

DaveT.