Zac Medico posted on Tue, 15 May 2012 15:24:53 -0700 as excerpted:
> Hi,
>
> In case you aren't familiar with it, here's the description from the
> make.conf(5) man page:
>
> This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
> have not been modified since they were install
I implemented this feature in Entropy long time ago (2009 iirc) and
enabled it by default as well.
We never had a single issue. Users seem quite happy about it.
So yeah, go for it!
--
Fabio Erculiani
> > make.conf(5) man page:
> > This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
> > have not been modified since they were installed.
+1 very good idea
> The best thing about it is not having to worry about missing an important
> change in a file I DO change, due to all th
On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>>> make.conf(5) man page:
>>> This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
>>> have not been modified since they were installed.
>
> +1 very good idea
Hmm, does that mean that when a default changes in (or some new set
On 16-05-2012 12:36:03 +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
> On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
> >>> make.conf(5) man page:
> >>> This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
> >>> have not been modified since they were installed.
> >
> > +1 very good idea
>
> Hmm
El mié, 16-05-2012 a las 11:42 +0200, Fabian Groffen escribió:
> On 16-05-2012 12:36:03 +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
> > On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
> > >>> make.conf(5) man page:
> > >>> This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
> > >>> have not bee
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Eray Aslan wrote:
> On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
have not been modified since they were installed.
>>
>> +1 very good idea
>
> Hmm,
On 2012-05-16 12:56 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote:
> Generally, several PMS (I think apt does it as well) make this assumption:
> if config file C owned by package P has never been modified, meaning
> that md5 or whatever is the same, the old C of P was fine, so is the
> new C.
Yep, and I always thoug
On 16-05-2012 11:48:20 +0200, Pacho Ramos wrote:
> El mié, 16-05-2012 a las 11:42 +0200, Fabian Groffen escribió:
> > On 16-05-2012 12:36:03 +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
> > > On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
> > > >>> make.conf(5) man page:
> > > >>> This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT b
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Fabio Erculiani wrote:
> I implemented this feature in Entropy long time ago (2009 iirc) and
> enabled it by default as well.
> We never had a single issue. Users seem quite happy about it.
>
This is also the default behavior with the cfg-update alternative to
dis
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