On Wed, 28 May 2003 15:02:31 -0700 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > Trying to do this right. After updating portage, I have a message > about 4 > files that need to be updated. They all start with /etc/._conf. > > It appears that the proper way to do this update is to save the > existing > config files, rename these 4 files to their respective names, and then > hand edit back in any settings I had made to the earlier files. > Turn on menu support in etc-update by editing the /etc/etc-update.conf file: # mode - 0 for text, 1 for menu (support incomplete) # note that you need dev-util/dialog installed mode="1" It uses dialog to generate menus, works for me. There are a couple of other diff programs out there that you can use in X, but for the majority of stuff, I review the diffs in an x-session, if it's something I have modified (postfix configurations, apache configs, make.conf and so on) I open the existing file, let etc-update update the file and make the changes right then on the new file as there are usually some other changes and updates done by the developers. I tried the merge feature a couple of times, and haven't figured it out yet. -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely 1 bananosecond. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
