etc-updates are how Gentoo updates config files but gives you a warning (unlike other distros). You have to (should unless you're crazy) process them manually and tell it what to do. I save a copy of make.conf and when gentoo updates it I see what the changes are using etc-update and then add them to my copy and tell etc-update to delete the update. This is another good reason to do updates frequently - you don't have so many etc-updates to do.
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 08:26:53 -0700 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What have people been doing about this?
With huge or at least big emerges, I've downloaded the stuff first with:
emerge world -uDf
and started the emerge when going to bed or work.
-- janne
Janne,
Thanks for the responses. I ended up doing the emerge on portage first
since that requires that I update my make.conf file, and then ran the rest
of it overnight. It was done when I got up this morning.
This etc-update step that's required makes me wonder if I'm doing it
correctly though. It seems that every time I must hand edit the make.conf
file to put in my USE settings and processor choices. I've been using the -3
option. Is there a more automated way to do this that wouldn't require the
hand editing?
Anyway, it's all done this time. The machine seems happy.
Cheers, Mark
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