slackpkg+ and *new

Rinndalir · 06-23-2016, 02:18 PM

I noticed that slackpkg+ finds directories ending in .new and treats them as a .new file. Is this a feature?

ponce · 06-23-2016, 02:25 PM

hi Rinndalir, maybe you never noticed, but slackpkg (not plus) does the same.

this is the bit (in /usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/post-functions.sh) that finds *.new stuff

Code:

        echo -e "\nSearching for NEW configuration files"
        FILES=$(find /etc -name "*.new" ${ONLY_NEW_DOTNEW} \
                -not -name "rc.inet1.conf.new" \
                -not -name "group.new" \
                -not -name "passwd.new" \
                -not -name "shadow.new" \
                -not -name "gshadow.new" 2>/dev/null)

as you can see it doesn't discriminate between files and directories.

to have it behave like you prefer, add a line

Code:

                -type f \

in that block, between the find arguments.

Rinndalir · 06-23-2016, 02:41 PM

Ok, it's a feature and yeah I already modified it and while I was at it told it to ignore more .new files.