UCF.CONF(5) Debian GNU/Linux manual UCF.CONF(5)
NAME
ucf.conf - site-wide configuration file for ucf
SYNOPSIS
/etc/ucf.conf
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/ucf.conf is a POSIX Shell snippet sourced by ucf(1) and
ucfr(1). It can contain any shell directive (just ensure you know what
you are doing).
All the variables have reasonable default values, but they be overridden
on a site-wide or per-run basis.
a) Some variables can be set in the config file /etc/ucf.conf. These
values override the defaults.
b) Some variables can also be set by setting a corresponding environment
variable. These values take precedence over the config file.
Configuration File options
At the moment, the user modifiable variables supported are:
DEBUG Debugging information: The default value is 0 (no de-
bugging information is printed). To enable debugging
output, set the value to 1.
VERBOSE Verbosity: The default value is 0 (quiet). To change
the default behavior, set the value to 1.
conf_force_conffold
Force the installed file to be retained. The default
is to have this variable unset, which makes the script
ask in case of doubt. This can also be overridden by
the environment variable UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD
conf_force_conffnew
Force the installed file to be overwritten. The de-
fault is to have this variable unset, which makes the
script ask in case of doubt. This can also be over-
ridden by the environment variable UCF_FORCE_CONFFNEW
conf_source_dir This is the directory where the historical md5sums for
a file are looked for. Specifically, the historical
md5sums are looked for in either the file ${file-
name}.md5sum, or the subdirectory ${file-
name}.md5sum.d/
conf_old_mdsum_file
Force the historical md5sums to be read from this
file, rather than defaulting to living in the source
directory. Setting this option overrides settings in
the environment variable UCF_OLD_MDSUM_FILE
Files
System-wide defaults are placed in /etc/ucf.conf,
SEE ALSO
ucf(1),ucfr(1)
BUGS
There are no bugs. Any resemblance thereof is delirium. Really.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
Debian Dec 31 2024 UCF.CONF(5)
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