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 cours
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 "
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 not a foolproof system - it wouldn't catch files that I
ha
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
> ch
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 t
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
>
* 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 suc
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
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 gent
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. Pretty bad...
I always use the -3 option. Lots of c
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. No
> 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 i
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 plu
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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 s
On Saturday 02 August 2003 21:23, Stephane Brossier wrote:
> #
> # 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
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 bad
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