[oe] [PATCH 3/3] base-files-3.0.14 configuration files

[Hauser, Wolfgang (external)]

>> > Mark some files in ${sysconfdir} as configuration files so they are
>> not blindly overwritten when upgrading
>> 
>> I would suggest a pre-/post processing in the packages, like debian
>> does.
>> If a config file exists or is changed, the current File will be
rotated
>> or, if possible, left as it is and the new 
>> file is installed beside the changed one.

>The opkg does not touch a present config file, but installs the new
file with the name *-opkg
>So if you do a find /etc -name \*-opkg you see the conflicts.

>Any sensible conversion from old to new config file should be made by
the package itself.

As I experienced, opkg exits with an error code if a config file already
exists, so if you want to create an image, the process will break at
that error.
It wasn't possible to create an image automatically then.