The following command produces no output:

for f in abrt.conf abrt-action-save-package-data.conf  plugins/CCpp.conf  plugins/oops.conf plugins/python3.conf plugins/vmcore.conf plugins/xorg.conf ; do diff /etc/abrt/$f /usr/share/abrt/conf.d/$f ; done


Why does abrt install duplicate copies of all these files?

If the abrt programs will use the ones in /usr/share/abrt/conf.d by default, then why does fedora bother providing "overrides" in /etc/abrt that are identical?

If the idea is to provide the /etc/abrt overrides where the system admin can find them to make local changes, why does fedora bother to ship the defaults in /usr/share/abrt which will never get used?

Having two copies just causes confusion. Which should I change?

It would also be helpful if the man pages mentioned the file locations. None of the pages abrtd(8), abrt.conf(5), abrt-action-save-package-data.conf(5), abrt-CCpp.conf(5) etc. say anything about which directory the file should be in, or what the interaction of the two locations etc/abrt and /usr/shared/abrt/conf.d is. Will both files be read and the union of the settings used? If a file exists in one pace is the other one ignored? Which takes priority?