--- brett holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I do it by using my editor (jstar) to show both > files - new on top, old on bottom. I then go through and > see what is new and then modify one of the files. For > example, with make.conf I keep my old and move stuff from > the new one to the old. However, with the last baselayout > /etc/services needed updating. I had some local services > registered so I simply updated the new one and let > etc-update merge it. > > You can also run diff old new | more to see what and how > many changes there are. > > An automated updater would be nice but would probably > introduce more problems than it would fix as it destroyed > files. One thing I haven't figured out is why files like > /etc/fstab and /etc/hosts are included in the updates. > After all they are almost always updated by people and > you definitely DO NOT want to update them with a new > merge!
Thanks for the response Brett. All the info that I can get is helpfull. JBanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
