This is how we wind up with three implementations of a “Windows-style Registry” while also having all the other management modes; local dotfiles,system dotfiles, all of /etc and whatever is allowed under /opt.
Be smarter about package management and this is a non-issue; checksums, install-time dumps of file modifications, and the like.
It’s why tools like CFEngine and the rest were invented, and I’m upset this is still an issue for people like OP twenty years later.
Be smarter about package management and this is a non-issue; checksums, install-time dumps of file modifications, and the like.
It’s why tools like CFEngine and the rest were invented, and I’m upset this is still an issue for people like OP twenty years later.