rpmnew files after upgrade. Way too much work!

[Peter Bonivart]

Michael Freeman wrote:
> Normally, I simply remove all my mailscanner files and install everthing 
> fresh. That way I don’t have rpmnew files all over the place that I need 
> to copy of the top of .conf files.
> 
> Somebody suggestion to simply install new versions of mailscanner over 
> the top of the current installation but now I have rpmnew files in every 
> directory. How are you supposed to go though each and every directory, 
> including the LANGUAGE directories, and copy rpmnew over the top of 
> .conf file file directory by directory? This seems like a daunting take 
> if you ask me.

Shouldn't it be just /etc/MailScanner and /usr/lib/MailScanner? I just do:

# find /etc/MailScanner -name "*rpmnew"

And the same for /usr/lib/MailScanner, then diff the files. Mostly it's 
the reports and those I want to keep my own.

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/Peter Bonivart

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