On Sunday 03 August 2003 14:03, Steven Elling wrote: > On Saturday 02 August 2003 15:23, Stephane Brossier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I emerge some ebuilds yesterday, and then i got a warning that I > > should run etc-update to merge some files. > > > > I used the "-5" option which automaticall merge the files, > > and it seems it deleted some of my config files such > > as /etc/fstab. > > One of my questions about etc-update and portage is, why etc-update / > portage even consider critical files like /etc/fstab for a update? > > It seems to me that files like this should never be considered for upgrades > because they are static in nature, only need to be set up once, and if > changes do need to be made it is because the admin of the box has changed > the hardware configuration.
This is not entirely correct. There was an update to /etc/fstab recently which included a minor change. The change was to the /dev/shm line and changed the first section from "tmpfs" to "none". Albeit this is only a minor change, but major changes could take place. If those changes are made available through portage then there is no need for any user to be subscribed to a mailing list, scan forums, etc. to be notified of the change. Regards, Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
