On Friday 15 July 2005 6:25 pm, ne... wrote: > On 7/15/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > *** warning: /etc/rndc.key created as /etc/rndc.key.rpmnew > > *** warning: /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs > > saved as > > /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs.rpmsave > > > > Running updates today, and got the above warnings. What's the proper > > reaction? These are configuration files that are being replaced for some > > reason, but the old are being renamed and kept in case there's something > > needed in one of them? Do I have this right? > > The one with rpmsave is the old one being saved. The one with rpmnew > is what was in the rpm you installed and does not overwrite the current > file. > So, there's the original file, which is left untouched; that file is copied with the extension .rpmsave and still left untouched; and the new default file that the upgrade 'would' have installed is saved with the extension .rpmnew - correct so far? I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to do with these. How do I decide whether to use the new default file, or leave things as they are with the original file? I guess in some cases, the answer is obvious, if I've made custom configurations, but, what is the general procedure, here? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
