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docs: Improve description of keepconf option

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keepconf is a boring option and is not needed in most situations. Make
this more clear in the documentation, e.g. that it only affects
*unchanged* configuration files, and that changed configuration files
are unaffected by this option.
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Merlin Büge
2021-12-26 07:24:35 +01:00
committed by Duncan Overbruck
parent 14c762afeb
commit 24cb1709c7
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@@ -96,13 +96,12 @@ Absolute path to a file and file globbing are supported, example:
.It Sy preserve=/etc/foo/*.conf
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.It Sy keepconf=true|false
If set to false (default), xbps will overwrite configuration files if
they have not been changed since installation and a newer version is
available.
If set to false (default), xbps will overwrite configuration files that have
not been changed since installation with their new version (if available).
.Pp
If set to true, xbps will save the new configuration file as
<name>.new-<version> if the original configuration file has not been
changed since installation.
If set to true, xbps will not overwrite configuration files that have not
been changed since installation. Instead, the new version (if available) is
saved next to the configuration file as <name>.new-<version>.
.Pp
.It Sy repository=url
Declares a package repository. The