Only update chocolatey.config if there are changes

[steve-hawkins]

I'm using Puppet to install and configure Chocolatey to point to our internal repositories, I noticed that Puppet was detecting drift on the C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config file on every run.

I set the C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config file to read-only and ran the following : -

C:\Users\...>choco -v
Error serializing type chocolatey.infrastructure.app.configuration.ConfigFileSettings:
 Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config' is denied.
Error updating 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config'. Please ensure you have permissions to do so:
 Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config' is denied.
0.9.9.8

I don't see why Chocolatey needs to be updating the config file on every command execution, especially since it doesn't appear to be making any changes?

[ferventcoder]

I wonder if we already have an issue related to this. We have plans to not make changes to the file unless there are differences.

[ferventcoder]

Related to #355

[JohnnyMaxK]

+1
choco list -lo
Error serializing type chocolatey.infrastructure.app.configuration.ConfigFileSettings:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config' is denied.
Error updating 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config'. Please ensure you have permissions to do so:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\config\chocolatey.config' is denied.
Chocolatey v0.9.9.8

[ferventcoder]

@BeezUPJohnny - as an FYI, run choco in an elevated shell to not see the message ever. :)

[JohnnyMaxK]

Works ! Thanks !