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From: SavageMindz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] post emerge config changes
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:57:17 +0100
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> Surely there is a better way to update shit.. possibly some sort of script
> that compares the two files and only shows what is different between the
> two.. that way we can make faster easier changes/decisions..
>
Thats how it works currently. the etc-update script just diffs the two
files a
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 09:03, Joshua Banks wrote:
> Hey Terry,
>
> Which option do you usually choose?
> -1
> -3
> -5
I think it was -1, whichever one overwrites the current one with the new
one. I scan the list first to make sure there's none that I do want to
keep first though.
HTH
--
.~.
Hey Terry,
Which option do you usually choose?
-1
-3
-5
??
JBanks
--- Terry Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 08:23, bob bob wrote:
>
> > Surely there is a better way to update shit.. possibly some sort of script
> > that compares the two files and only shows what is
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 03:23, bob bob wrote:
> Last night I did an emerge sync last night followed by a emerge -uD world
> when it had finished i had 24 ._cfg_. type files that needed changing..
> This was a VERY laborious task to complete.. and made even more annoying by
> the fact that some o
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 08:23, bob bob wrote:
> Surely there is a better way to update shit.. possibly some sort of script
> that compares the two files and only shows what is different between the
> two.. that way we can make faster easier changes/decisions..
That's exactly what etc-update does.
Last night I did an emerge sync last night followed by a emerge -uD world
when it had finished i had 24 ._cfg_. type files that needed changing..
This was a VERY laborious task to complete.. and made even more annoying by
the fact that some of the cfg file it wanted me to change were no differ