[arch-general] pacdiff / pacdiffviewer doesn't notice change in kdmrc

[jonathan]

On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 18:03 +0200, Marek Otahal wrote:
> hi, 
> by chance I realised that the pacdiff(viewer) utils don't notice a change in 
> kdmrc file. This is strange as I remember being notified about the 
> modification on almost every kde update.
> 
> By creating a /etc/rc.conf.pacnew I verify they work otherwise. 
> So was there a change in searchpaths or something? 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> [root at beruska ~]# locate kdmrc
> /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
> /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.pacnew
> /usr/share/doc/kde/html/en/kdm/kdmrc-ref.docbook
> /var/lib/yaourt/backupfiles/kdebase-workspace/kdebase-
> workspace-4.4.3-2/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
> 
> [root at beruska ~]# pacdiffviewer 
> 0 .pacorig found
> 0 .pacnew found
> 0 .pacsave found
> 0 files are orphans
> 
> [root at beruska ~]# pacdiff
> [root at beruska ~]#

for pacdiff in pacman-contrib, it searches in /etc by default. You have
to use the locate option or adding /usr to the search path for it to
find that pacnew. see pacdiff -h.