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 debugging 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 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_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
                         ${filename}.md5sum, or the subdirectory ${filename}.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)