If you blindly say update it then etc-update sure will
mess it up. Every update that etc-update has wanted to do
has wanted to replace my /dev/... with /dev/BOOT and take
out my stuff and that would sure hose the system. Other
than running it through an editor manually I don't know of
anyway to let etc-update do it. I suppose you could try
an interactive update but for files like fstab I'll do it
by hadn.
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:11:24 -0400
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:00:59AM -0400, brett holcomb
wrote:
Well, if you use etc-update on files like /etc/fstab
your
system will break. Also, when you modify your make.conf
file you don't want it overwritten mindlessly. If you
notice etc-update will remove all your changes.
etc-update won't break /etc/fstab if you pay attention to
what you're
doing.
The etc-update interface takes some getting used to... I
made a mess
the first time I tried it - so it's a good idea to save
the files you're
updating before you start. But once you get the hang of
using it, it's
a lot less trouble than doing it by hand.
Nathan Meyers
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 02:42:59 -0400
Ben Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>why not use etc-update? seems to save much hassle and
>time for me.
>
>
>On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 02:30, Joshua Banks wrote:
>>Come-on... No fish in the Gentoo pond..tonight
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