On Tuesday 02 January 2007 08:50, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > I also think that emerge should keep track of the config files > installed by packages, so that etc-update knows if you've got local > modifications, and give you a big warning when you might lose a > change you made.
Huh? Portage already does this. Standard config dirs are CONFIG_PROTECTed which is where etc-update comes in. It will merge trivial changes (whitespace, etc) and let *you* chose what to do for everything else. You get to keep the original file, use the update, or use a customized merge of the two. There is no need to give you a big warning if you might lose a change - the very act of running etc-update at all IS that warning. It's understood that if the new file shows up, then you DO have local modifications alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
