Bug 167518 - Uninstalling mysql deletes /etc/my.cnf
Summary: Uninstalling mysql deletes /etc/my.cnf
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: mysql
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Tom Lane
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-09-03 21:46 UTC by Zenon Panoussis
Modified: 2013-07-03 03:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-09-07 17:41:05 UTC
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Description Zenon Panoussis 2005-09-03 21:46:28 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Installing/uninstalling mysql should install/save my.cnf as .rpmnew/.rpmsave. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -i mysql
2. rpm -e mysql
  

Additional info:
Comment 1 Tom Lane 2005-09-07 17:41:05 UTC 
This is as expected: rpm will only save a config file if it's been modified.
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