Treat conf file better

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/slim/build/slim.SlackBuild b/slim/build/slim.SlackBuild
index 7fa53e5e..aa0d6f85 100755
--- a/slim/build/slim.SlackBuild
+++ b/slim/build/slim.SlackBuild
@@ -164,6 +164,32 @@ else
   make DESTDIR=$PKG install 2>&1 |tee $OUTPUT/install-${PRGNAM}.log
 fi
 
+# Move slim.conf so that it does not overwrite customized versions:
+mv $PKG/etc/slim.conf{,.new}
+
+# Add this to the doinst.sh:
+! [ -d $PKG/install ] && mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat <<EOINS >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+# Handle the incoming configuration files:
+config() {
+  for infile in \$1; do
+    NEW="\$infile"
+    OLD="\`dirname \$NEW\`/\`basename \$NEW .new\`"
+    # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
+    if [ ! -r \$OLD ]; then
+      mv \$NEW \$OLD
+    elif [ "\`cat \$OLD | md5sum\`" = "\`cat \$NEW | md5sum\`" ]; then
+      # toss the redundant copy
+      rm \$NEW
+    fi
+    # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
+  done
+}
+
+config etc/slim.conf.new
+
+EOINS
+
 # Add documentation:
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a $DOCS $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION || true