[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] dcron 4.2
Dimitrios Apostolou
jimis at gmx.net
Tue Jan 12 18:34:52 EST 2010
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Aaron Griffin wrote:
>
> If you modify it, you should add it to the NoUpgrade line in
> /etc/pacman.conf. The backup array is for what we INTEND to be
> modified. Users are more than welcome to do what we don't intend, but
> you need to control whether of not pacman mucks with those files
> yourself
>
Since I've been bitten by this, how can I know if the file I modified is
goint to be overwritten or not, *before* it actually happens? And even if
it is, a .pacsave wouldn't hurt anyone, if I remember correctly (it's been
some time) I had completely lost my changes, and I had to rewrite them.
Thanks,
Dimitris
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