From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/86439 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thangalin Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Update overwrites configuration Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:55:38 -0800 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1393296953 22413 80.91.229.3 (25 Feb 2014 02:55:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 02:55:53 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Feb 25 03:56:03 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WI8Be-00060E-Gb for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:56:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B84101F3; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:56:01 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id u9jPcUdvPVUq; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:55:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA4F101EC; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:55:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD317101EC for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:55:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id vWm846hCMCJK for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:55:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-til.mf.surf.net (filter3-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.219]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF42101E3 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:55:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x236.google.com (mail-ig0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::236]) by filter3-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id s1P2tcs2012164 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:55:40 +0100 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-f182.google.com with SMTP id l13so320769iga.3 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:55:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=hA/nPQpAjkcXbKU2oz9TsO87po2kGzeL8gm4pAHdD44=; b=r/Gm8BD3umztxAFPtOrNfN26x1uvIJ5MmO1RoDr+C2XCiJVI3u6w9P0siAxbRsk8Eg gxhUnuMwHBCdMtTtqVgQSmVd7t5+fL76S/U1ucYYU3az4BfNSHeYLUzzieptC4Re+H9B 9LLIl7XlkTDRE2E5MzjeKW4P12CYzpRwqds1q2nPuKIJ6800qwiYd9O+fidgzFm4pAbh GqWHCIgX59wTnmZca+sIusSI3242W/hR2xcjAY0bE7AHPVbcYqwXYS8RqM1Z4WDc0bde fVAC2HuGQHvxtVLmaqo+AmwxjXHxFvkJLmfsfL0IqK+gRaT7rSKbESPRk+Rv2hgijszo 2QUQ== X-Received: by 10.50.137.71 with SMTP id qg7mr17129457igb.30.1393296938365; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:55:38 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.43.96.71 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:55:38 -0800 (PST) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: ntg-context@ntg.nl, base:default, @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=2607:f8b0:4001:c05::236; country=US X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 06LuqTD9Q - e801260907c6 - 20140225 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:86439 Archived-At: Hi, 1. Edit .../tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua 2. Set TEXMFCACHE = "/var/cache/context/texmf-cache" 3. Run first-setup.sh to update ConTeXt. Expected Results TEXMFCACHE remains "/var/cache/context/texmf-cache" Actual Results TEXMFCACHE reverts to "$SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-cache" If the values have been changed, then: (a) updates should not overwrite the new values; (b) an option to prevent overwriting new values on upgrade should be available; (c) user should be prompted to overwrite changed configuration values; (d) user should be prompted to accept overwriting each new value; or (e) a backup of the configuration file should be made, followed by a message that the changes have been overwritten and previous values archived. ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________