Re: [HTCondor-users] HTCondor 8.2.4 Released

[Tim Theisen <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On debian there is no such surprise. The condor_config.local will
remain in place (modified or not) when HTCondor is updated.
New installations of HTCondor on debian systems will not have
a condor_config.local file.

...Tim

On 11/19/2014 01:11 AM, Steffen Grunewald wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 09:47:02AM -0600, Tom Downes wrote:
> > Hi Brian (and Condor Team):
> >
> > The release notes say
> >
> > The RPM and Debian distributions no longer include a configuration
> > file called condor_config.local, as this file is reserved for the use
> > of local administration.
> This in my interpretation implies that installing a new version of the
> package should never remove it *unless it's identical to the one that
> has been installed by a previous version*.
>
> I'm not sure how the Debian package would behave - but I'll certainly
> find out soon :/
>
> - S

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