There's a lot of talk that pops up in gentoo-dev regarding etc-update. For the time being, etc-update (or dispath-conf for a little protection) is about the best you'll get. Having said that, dispatch-conf *does* do automatic header and white-space merging and can also be set to auto-merge files that you haven't edited. Edit /etc/dispatch-conf.conf, run dispatch-conf, create the directory it tells you to and then run it again. It's about as (not!) easy to use as etc-update but will present you with much fewer changes.
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 22:39, Joshua Banks wrote: > Yes, > > I replied long ago saying that I now see how to use "etc-update" correctly. > Thanks though. Maybe now you see why I started the other thread about > "etc-update". I've actually been able to look through the various files > that need updating and feel like I need to be a programmer to understand > the diff's in allot of these files. > > I think that this is something that we should take to Gentoo DEV like many > others have been saying all along. Only now do I understand this. > > JBanks > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:33:46AM -0400, 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. > > > > As I said, you've got to pay attention - it's not a no-brainer. > > etc-update lets you review each part of the patch and choose to do > > hand-patching on the pieces that need it. Even for files like /etc/fstab > > that require attention, it's less work (IMHO) than pulling both old and > > new versions into editors and eyeballing every one of the changes. > > > > Nathan Meyers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > 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 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
