On Saturday 02 August 2003 23:51, Kees Bergwerf wrote: > Op zaterdag 2 augustus 2003 22:23, schreef Stephane Brossier: > > I used the "-5" option which automaticall merge the files, > > and it seems it deleted some of my config files such > > as /etc/fstab. > > The result is that I cannot boot gentoo anymore. Pretty bad... > > I always use the -3 option. Lots of configfiles I have never touched, > so they can be replaces safely (I think :-) ). When neccesary I go to > another console (ctrl-alt-F2) to make a copy of the file that will be > replaced. I could not find any merge option in env-update :-(. It > would be nice if there is one, that merges the old config with the > new one. Anybody?
I pick the files that I know I have modified ie giving the number of that file instead of the -#. Then etc-update gives me choices of either replace or delete the update or interactive merging of the two files, which i mostly use. After I have done the files I have modified I simply use the -5 to replace the resto of those files. Nowadays those -5 handles files are quite few, becuase portage is automerging so much of the stuff. PS. I do use ~x86 keyword to get the testing stuff in my system. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
