[Aptitude-devel] Bug#520260: aptitude: Should not rewrite config file unless settings have changed.

Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo manuel.montezelo at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 16:50:42 UTC 2015


Control: tags -1 + pending


Hi Benjamin,

2009-03-18 12:46 Benjamin M. A'Lee:
>Package: aptitude
>Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1
>Severity: wishlist
>
>On starting aptitude, ~/.aptitude/config is rewritten. As I keep my home
>directory under version control, this means it shows up as modified,
>even though all that has changed is the order/layout of the options in
>the file.
>
>Would it be possible for aptitude to rewrite the config only when
>options have been changed?

Thanks for the report.  This has been fixed now, marking as +pending.


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>



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