Hi
And more to the point, where third-party RPMs fit into
the picture. In RedHat-land they are almost always made
to fit into the vendor-provided scheme, clobbering system
files if there is a conflict.
It shouldnt do that. RPM packages are supposed to create a .rpmnew file
if the preexisting configuration files are modifed. The rules governing
such changes are documented in detail in several guides. See
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/RPM. If packages dont honor such
rules then it can be consider a bug with those specific packages rather
than RPM itself. Do file bug reports as appropriate.
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