*agrees with brett* if I haven't modified the file, I leave all the work up to etc-update :) it isn't much effort looking out for the 4 or 5 files you need to worry about.
Ross. On Wednesday 17 September 2003 14:33, brett holcomb wrote: > 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 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >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 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> 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 > >> > >> -- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
