[gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Hey ho, all-- (I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6 a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update reports them as being in /usr/lib/X11/xkb sometimes, but not always). The pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Eugene Rosenzweig
Holly Bostick wrote: Hey ho, all-- (I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6 a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update reports them as being in /usr/lib/X11/xkb sometimes, b

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Eugene Rosenzweig schreef: > Holly Bostick wrote: > >> Hey ho, all-- >> >> (I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6 >> a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and >> cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update >> reports

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Saturday 07 January 2006 20:47, Holly Bostick wrote: > > So from this I deduce that > > 1) xorg 6.8.99 was *really* broken/incomplete or did something radically > different that etc-update and cfg-update cannot deal with, since these > files were never updated or offered to update while I when I

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Abhay Kedia schreef: > On Saturday 07 January 2006 20:47, Holly Bostick wrote: > >> So from this I deduce that >> >> 1) xorg 6.8.99 was *really* broken/incomplete or did something >> radically different that etc-update and cfg-update cannot deal >> with, since these files were never updated or of

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Abhay Kedia schreef: > You are not facing any problem because you are most probably not > using xkb or in other words the keyboard layouts. If you've never > used different keyboard layouts then you can comfortably delete the > new-cfg files and expect to face nil problems. Not sure if I made a mi

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Saturday 07 January 2006 23:24, Holly Bostick wrote: > > What might that be.? Does something need to be re-initialized? Some > cache updated? I'm getting a bit confused here. > afaik etc-update does not reinitialize anything. All it looks for are files that have been named in a specific way

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Abhay Kedia schreef: > On Saturday 07 January 2006 23:24, Holly Bostick wrote: > >> What might that be.? Does something need to be re-initialized? >> Some cache updated? I'm getting a bit confused here. >> > > afaik etc-update does not reinitialize anything. All it looks for are > files that

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Holly Bostick schreef: > Abhay Kedia schreef: > >>afaik etc-update does not reinitialize anything. All it looks for are >>files that have been named in a specific way. It diffs the original >>file with its update and then asks you whether to overwrite or not. >>You can delete the ._cfg files or le

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Abhay Kedia
Just on a side note, etc-update will soon be deprecated. Try dispatch-conf. This will be the tool to use in future for config updates. Regards, Abhay pgpscWY8J76WR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Dale
Abhay Kedia wrote: Just on a side note, etc-update will soon be deprecated. Try dispatch-conf. This will be the tool to use in future for config updates. Regards, Abhay This figures. I finally got used to etc-update and they are taking it away. I didn't like dispatch-conf. Sorry. It's