#17705: MacPorts needs a general config file update mechanism ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: blb@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts Future Component: base | Version: 1.7.0 Keywords: update configuration | Port: ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- When a MacPorts install is upgraded, the config files are not overwritten to avoid stomping on local changes. This has the disadvantage that new features which can be configured via *.conf aren't added to the current configuration. The best method to handle this would be with a general method to update configuration files by simply adding the new feature-specific items to the currently-existing files. Otherwise we end up with scripts for specific purposes (e.g., [browser:trunk/base/src/upgrade_sources_conf_default.tcl upgrade_sources_conf_default.tcl]) which in the long term will become messy and difficult to maintain. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17705> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS