[Mageia-dev] rootcerts: Are the certs really "config" files?

[Sander Lepik]

07.01.2013 13:51, Colin Guthrie kirjutas:
> Hi,
>
> I just updated rootcerts package on my cauldron box and got about 50 ish
> .rpmnew files for changed pem files.
>
> It seems mostly indentation changes (*sigh*) but it made me think - Are
> these really config files? I'd expect these to not be marked as config
> even if they are kept in /etc/ Ideally I'd rather see them kept in
> /usr/share anyway as that seems more appropriate, but that's likely not
> possible without causing a lot of pain.
>
> Col
>
I fully agree. Certs are quite far from config files. And I even see
some possible trouble here. If some cert is updated and the user gets it
as .rpmnew file and is noob enough to not notice it then (s)he will be
using wrong cert..

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Sander