On Mon, Sep 16 2013, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:28:05 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > >> So I reinstalled cups but /etc/cups/cupd.conf was not changed and still >> has its old date and contents. The merge looks clean (output below) > > /etc/ is CONFIG_PROTECTed.
This part I knew, but would have expected to hear that config files have new versions > Also, portage knows if you are reinstalling the same version of the > same package and does not try to update the configs again. That is what I missed. > To change this, run the emerge with --noconfmem and then run *-update. Works perfectly. thanks, allan
