Description of problem: # rpmconf -d -frontend=gvimdiff -a Configuration file '/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf' -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 5739 Aug 29 2014 /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6391 Oct 9 2014 /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.rpmnew ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions M : merge configuration files Z : background this process to examine the situation S : skip this file The default action is to keep your current version. *** aliases (Y/I/N/O/D/M/Z/S) [default=N] ? Your choice: m ERROR:rpmconf:You did not selected any frontend for merge Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpmconf-1.0.12-1.fc23.noarch How reproducible: 100%, even using -ftype argument Steps to Reproduce: 1. Pretty obvious I think Actual results: ERROR:rpmconf:You did not selected any frontend for merge Expected results: Should open gvimdiff to merge the files Additional info:
You used -frontend= while there should be --frontend= I tried it (with the same version) and both rpmconf -a -fgvimdiff and rpmconf -a --frontend=gvimdiff works without problem and gvimdiff is started when I choose "M".
While I will concede my erroneous use of "-frontend" the -ftype issue still remains: $ man rpmconf ... [ -ftype --frontend=type ] ... -ftype, --frontend=type Define which frontend should be used for merging. Valid options are: vimdiff, gvimdiff, diffuse, kdiff3, meld and env. When set to env, the command to use is taken from the environment vari‐ able $MERGE. The default is env. ... $ rpmconf -ftype gvimdiff -a usage: rpmconf [-h] [-a] [-c] [-d] [-D] [-f EDITOR] [-Z] [-o [PACKAGE [PACKAGE ...]]] [-v] rpmconf: error: unrecognized arguments: gvimdiff So a manpage discrepancy at least.
Ahh. Type is placeholder. So it should be: rpmconf -fgvimdiff and man page should have: -f<type> so it is more clear.
Fixed in commit: * 7ce2c50 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) 1283698 - clarify man page
rpmconf-1.0.15-1.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd
rpmconf-1.0.15-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing update rpmconf' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd
rpmconf-1.0.16-1.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd
rpmconf-1.0.16-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing update rpmconf' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd
rpmconf-1.0.16-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.