RE: [Xen-devel] overwriting config files on re-install, and vif'

To:	"James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	RE: [Xen-devel] overwriting config files on re-install, and vif's
From:	"Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:29:16 -0000
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> Every time I install xen, it clobbers my /etc/xend-config.sxp 
> config file, which I think is a bit rude :)
> 
> Would it hurt to detect if the file exists already, and if it 
> does already, create a /etc/xend-config.sxp.new instead?

Yep, this would definitely be preferred. I suspect most people use the
RPMs, so which shouldn't have these problems.

We could certainly do with an install.sh script that was smarter (and
did uninstall).

Ian

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