On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:38 AM, giggzounet <giggzounet at gmail.com> wrote: > Le 29/11/2010 12:44, Gabriel Tabares a écrit : >>> a very easy. But what will yum/RPM do during the next update ? Will it >>> overwrite the file ? Will it write on display that the file was modified >>> by an user (as under debian) ? >>> >> >> As far as I can tell, if the file is marked as a configuration file in >> the RPM, it will be left alone and the new configuration file will be >> renamed to file.rpmnew. If the file is not marked as a configuration >> file, it will be overwritten. >> >> Regards, >> >> Gabriel > > ok ths for your answer! > > where in the rpm package can I find if the file is a configuration file > or not ? You need the .spec file from the SRPM, or you could install it and test it.