1RPMCONF(8)                                                          RPMCONF(8)
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NAME

6       rpmconf  -  This tool searches for .rpmnew, .rpmsave and .rpmorig files
7       and asks you what to do with them: keep the  current  version,  replace
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SYNOPSIS

11       rpmconf [ options ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

60       Rpmconf  will  search  for all config file of given package (or all in‐
61       stalled packages) and will check if coresponding .rpmsave,  .rpmnew  or
62       .rpmorig  files exist. If so, you will be asked if you want to keep the
63       current version, revert to the previous version, or diff the two files.
64       The unwanted file is then deleted.
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66       Additionally, rpmconf can also handle application configuration, if the
67       application supports rpmconf. The application must have  an  executable
68       file  present  in /usr/share/rpmconf/. The file must have the same name
69       as package itself and the package must own that  file.  The  executable
70       must  be  idempotent, i.e. subsequent executions should have no effect.
71       Ideally it should be a Puppet/Chef/Ansible/CFengine manifest.
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OPTIONS

74       -a, --all
75              Check configuration files of all packages.
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77       -o<package>, --owner=<package>
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80       -f<type>, --frontend=<type>
81              Define which frontend should be used for merging. Valid  options
82              are:  vimdiff,  gvimdiff,  diffuse, kdiff3, meld, sdiff and env.
83              When set to env, the command to use is taken from  the  environ‐
84              ment variable $MERGE. The default is env.
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87              Find  all  .rpmnew  and .rpmsave files in /etc and /var directo‐
88              ries. List all files belonging to installed packages, then write
89              all  files  which  are  orphaned and ask if it is safe to delete
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93              Dry run. Instead of executing an action (move or delete a  file)
94              the filename will be echoed to standard output. However, the ex‐
95              ecutable for merging of configuration files will still  be  exe‐
96              cuted.  Beware  that this option is position-sensitive: only ac‐
97              tions specified after --debug are dry-run,  e.g.  --all  --debug
98              --clean will run --clean in dry run mode but not --all.
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100       -D, --diff
101              Non-interactive  diff  mode.  This option works with --owner and
102              --all.  Useful to audit config files after package upgrades.
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105              Specifies an alternative  installroot,  relative  to  where  all
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108       -t, --test
109              Just  test existence of files to merge. If there is some file to
110              merge then rpmconf will print it and exit with status code 5. If
111              there are none to merge, then exit with status code 0.
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113       -u [<MODE>], --unattended [<MODE>]
114              Unattended  mode.  Do not prompt user, but perform actions based
115              on MODE. Valid options are: use_maintainer,  use_your,  default.
116              use_maintainer  replaces existing configuration files with .rpm‐
117              new files and deletes  leftover  .rpmsave  and  .rpmorig  files.
118              use_your  deletes .rpmnew files and replaces existing configura‐
119              tion files with .rpmsave files.  default does use_your for .rpm‐
120              new  files and use_maintainer for .rpmsave files, as are the de‐
121              fault prompts in interactive mode.  Specifying MODE is optional,
122              default is used by default.
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124       -V, --version
125              Display rpmconf version. This option expects that this script is
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128       -x, --exclude [DIRECTORY [DIRECTORY ...]]
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131       -Z     Display the SELinux contexts of the old and new files. Note:  if
132              you  choose  to  install  .rpmsave  version. It is copied to the
133              original filename, therefore its SELinux context is reset to the
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SEE ALSO

137       rpm(8)
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AUTHORS

140       Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com>
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144Version 0.2                     21 January 2022                     RPMCONF(8)
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