[Bug 1077263] Re: default action to keep configuration files during dist-upgrade

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  default action to keep configuration files during dist-upgrade

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi, All!

  Thanks for great application suite!

  I've checked man for update-manager and didn't found there a switch or
  a environment variable that could order update-manager to perform some
  default action with the configuration files of the packages it updates
  during dist-upgrade. Specifically, I want to just keep old configs and
  get some summary of possible changes after upgrade done.

  That was possible in FreeBSD and it is really strange that similar
  behavior absent in Ubuntu. I've run like three distro upgrades by now
  and it always annoys me to babysit the overall process. One can't just
  "run the upgrade and go for a walk for few hours", because every time
  you return you'll see like "do you want to keep configuration files
  for PHP or overwrite it with new settings" (always just the same so
  far, by the way). Dang, click "Keep", go for another walk and after a
  while another question arises.

  Distribution upgrade MUST be unattented as much as possible!

  Thanks!

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