Pacnew warning request

[nikgnomic]

@Nexan

The pacnew checker overwrites the passwd file as I click accidentally to get the whole new file

maybe the pacnew checker could get a special warning for some files that could prevent the user from login?

Stable Updates already have a warning that includes a link to manjaro-pacnew-checker:

@philm

Known issues and solutions

Please RTFT (Read This Fine Thread) first before reporting the same issues over and over again!

Note: Do not forget to review your .pacnew files:

• System Maintenance - Manjaro
• Check and manage pacnew files

As far as I know, manjaro-pacnew-checker offers four choices for a .pacnew file:

1. Open configuration file and .pacnew file to merge contents
2. Delete .pacnew file
3. Replace configuration file with .pacnew file
4. Do nothing

I use a modified version of a script that only has option 1

@Yochanan

Arch has released mkinitcpio 33 with some structural changes

Here’s a helpful pacnew script by @omano using Meld. Change it to your favorite diff program if you prefer:

pacnew.sh

#!/bin/bash
pacnews=($(/usr/bin/pacdiff --output|grep -v pacsave))
nb="${#pacnews[@]}"
if [[ $nb -gt 0 ]]; then
    echo; echo; echo -e "$nb .pacnew found in system"
    printf "%s\n" "${pacnews[@]}"
    echo; read -p "See the PacDiff? " -n 1 -r
    if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[YyOo]$ ]]; then
        echo; set -euo pipefail
        export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
        for i in $(/usr/bin/pacdiff --output|grep -v pacsave); do
            echo; echo "Processing $i ..."
            /usr/bin/meld "admin://$i" "admin://${i/.pacnew/}"
            echo; read -p "Delete the file $i? " -n 1 -r
            if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[YyOo]$ ]]; then
                echo; sudo rm -v "$i"
            fi
        done
    fi
fi

Modified version includes request to delete .pacnew file after it has been merged in meld
BASH script to merge .pacnew files in meld · GitHub Gist - nik-gnomic