Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-03 Thread Sean Johnson
I don't know how feasible it'd be, but I think if the files that are getting updated could be contextually grouped that that could help quite a bit. So instead of having the list of 25 config files, there are sections A B and C where A is something like system files, be very careful here, B is

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-03 Thread David Mallwitz
On Sunday 03 August 2003 05:36 pm, Ian Tindale wrote: I'd like some sort of flag system which says to etc-update: I've chosen to alter this file myself before, at some point in time or I've never touched this file in my life before, in fact, I didn't know it even existed. Of course, it's

[gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Stephane Brossier
Hi, I emerge some ebuilds yesterday, and then i got a warning that I should run etc-update to merge some files. I used the -5 option which automaticall merge the files, and it seems it deleted some of my config files such as /etc/fstab. The result is that I cannot boot gentoo anymore. Pretty

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Tom Wesley
On Saturday 02 August 2003 21:23, Stephane Brossier wrote: snip # # noatime turns of atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage # efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Svein Harald Soleim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 02 August 2003 22:23, Stephane Brossier wrote: Hi, I emerge some ebuilds yesterday, and then i got a warning that I should run etc-update to merge some files. I used the -5 option which automaticall merge the files, and it seems it

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Cal Evans
Very carefully. Like any other tool that can affect how you machine runs you should make sure you understand WHAT the tool will do before actually do it. In the case of the -5 option, I would ignore it if I were you. My $.02 worth, =C= * * Cal Evans * http://www.christianperformer.com * Stay

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Heschi Kreinick
forget the space between noauto, noatime and all will be well, do this on every line. [snip] none/dev/sh tmpfs defaults0 0 Also, this should be /dev/shm, not /dev/sh, I believe. Not sure if this will be a problem, but things could get wierd if you don't fix it.

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Tom Wesley
On Saturday 02 August 2003 21:40, Heschi Kreinick wrote: forget the space between noauto, noatime and all will be well, do this on every line. [snip] none/dev/sh tmpfs defaults0 0 Also, this should be /dev/shm, not /dev/sh, I believe. Not sure if this

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Sami Ntnen
On Saturday 02 August 2003 23:51, Kees Bergwerf wrote: Op zaterdag 2 augustus 2003 22:23, schreef Stephane Brossier: I used the -5 option which automaticall merge the files, and it seems it deleted some of my config files such as /etc/fstab. The result is that I cannot boot gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 13:51, Kees Bergwerf wrote: Op zaterdag 2 augustus 2003 22:23, schreef Stephane Brossier: I used the -5 option which automaticall merge the files, and it seems it deleted some of my config files such as /etc/fstab. The result is that I cannot boot gentoo anymore.

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread David Friggens
* Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-08-02 15:39]: * On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 13:51, Kees Bergwerf wrote: * Op zaterdag 2 augustus 2003 22:23, schreef Stephane Brossier: I used the -5 option which automaticall merge the files, and it seems it deleted some of my config files such as

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Steven Elling
On Saturday 02 August 2003 15:23, Stephane Brossier wrote: Hi, I emerge some ebuilds yesterday, and then i got a warning that I should run etc-update to merge some files. I used the -5 option which automaticall merge the files, and it seems it deleted some of my config files such as

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Sunday 03 August 2003 14:03, Steven Elling wrote: On Saturday 02 August 2003 15:23, Stephane Brossier wrote: Hi, I emerge some ebuilds yesterday, and then i got a warning that I should run etc-update to merge some files. I used the -5 option which automaticall merge the files,

Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update and fstab...

2003-08-02 Thread Steven Elling
On Sunday 03 August 2003 00:15, Jason Stubbs wrote: Albeit this is only a minor change, but major changes could take place. If those changes are made available through portage then there is no need for any user to be subscribed to a mailing list, scan forums, etc. to be notified of the