Request: Please add versioning to *.rpm{orig,new} dupes Extracted from a thread from the testers-list 6/28/00: > > Setup RPM seems to create a lot of unnecessary *.rpm{orig,new} files > > in /etc. Of these, _at least_ the following had nothing changed in > > them (diff'ed), but still the file had been created: [R P Herrold] > ... wow. I'd call that a feature, not a bug. I'd really prefer > that the .rpm{orig,new} generation logic was even MORE verbose --- > appending a .1, .2, etc. if it finds one already present. That's a good suggestion. Perhaps .rpm{orig,new} should ne appended with a number if they exist before just as you propose. BUT, it isn't a feature to create identical file (shows no differences with diff) of a config file. That's just one false alarm, and if sysadmin would know that .rpm{orig,new} always means business, the result is less likely to get messy.
I don't believe that adding versioning to saved files is the right approach, as most users find even the existence of *.rpmorig and *.rpmnew confusing. Adding versioning, while easy, is only going to make rpm even more confusing to users.