On Tue, 31 May 2011 22:40:01 +0200, Mick wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files:
>On Tuesday 31 May 2011 17:26:43 David W Noon wrote: [snip] >> To repeat myself: I do not see a customized configuration file as >> being any more important than a vanilla one. If I understand a >> configuration file well enough to customize it once, I remain >> capable of customizing it again after a reinstall. > >I would *not* want to have to reconfigure sendmail, apache, mrtg, or >umpteen other files from scratch if you don't mind. In that case, do not unmerge them. Just upgrade as needed. Remember that I am writing purely about *unmerged* packages. In the case of a rebuild or upgrade, customizations would be preserved just as they are now. -- Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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