On 15/06/2024 21:10, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Why didn't you keep a copy of the old file?
Because that's one of the itsy-bitsy routine things that ought to be
automatic, not something that each user should have to think out for
himself.
Dunno which update tool it is, but istr there is a tool
On Saturday, 15 June 2024 23:00:07 BST Jack wrote:
> A bit of searching found the wiki page for dispatch-conf, which
> includes:
>
> Before running dispatch-conf for the first time, the settings in
> /etc/dispatch-conf.conf should be edited, and the archive directory
> specified in
On 2024.06.15 02:38, Vitaliy Perekhovy wrote:
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 04:54:09PM -0400, Jack wrote:
> I don't have any such directory. What package does it belong to,
or is
> it a config setting for portage or another package?
Yes, it is a configuration of portage itself. There is an env
Hello, Vitaliy.
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 21:25:23 +0300, Vitaliy Perekhovy wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 03:53:35PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > I think portage is at fault here - it should retain the older standard
> > version of /etc/bash/bashrc so that users can resolve the differences
>
Hello, Netfab.
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 19:52:32 +0200, netfab wrote:
> Le 14/06/24 à 19:33, Alan Mackenzie a tapoté :
> > Are these files freely available, anywhere, perhaps?
> Else, everything is also available from gentoo.org :
>
>
On 14/06/2024 18:39, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Does etc-update or dispatch-conf not give you the option to selectively
update and/or to diff the file?
In theory, yes. In practice, dispatch-conf just offers a single
~130-line long hunk, which is useless for distinguishing wanted pieces of
code
On 14/06/2024 16:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
I think portage is at fault here - it should retain the older standard
version of /etc/bash/bashrc so that users can resolve the differences
with a 3-way diff.
Is it portage itself that DID the update, or it did it tell you to do
the update with
On Friday, 14 June 2024 18:33:57 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Are these files freely available, anywhere, perhaps?
Your backup from last week? :)
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Regards,
Peter.
-- Original Message --
From "Paul Colquhoun"
To gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Date 15.06.2024 01:43:22
Subject Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulty with updating /etc/basb/bashrc
You edited the old file, not portage.
Why didn't you keep a copy of the old file?
I have this in th
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 04:54:09PM -0400, Jack wrote:
> I don't have any such directory. What package does it belong to, or is
> it a config setting for portage or another package?
Yes, it is a configuration of portage itself. There is an env variable
CONFIG_PROTECT that contains a list of
On 2024.06.14 14:25, Vitaliy Perekhovy wrote:
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 03:53:35PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> I think portage is at fault here - it should retain the older
standard
> version of /etc/bash/bashrc so that users can resolve the
differences
> with a 3-way diff.
Before replace
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 03:53:35PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> I think portage is at fault here - it should retain the older standard
> version of /etc/bash/bashrc so that users can resolve the differences
> with a 3-way diff.
Before replace your old bashrc file, portage place the old one
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 19:39 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Maybe I should submit a feature request to Gentoo's bugzilla.
>
Occasionally a package updates a file in /etc/, and I can't remember
whether the file was modified by me or not. This usually happens with
things I don't completely understand and
Le 14/06/24 à 19:33, Alan Mackenzie a tapoté :
> Are these files freely available, anywhere, perhaps?
Else, everything is also available from gentoo.org :
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/app-shells/bash/files/bashrc
Click on plain to get the raw version.
Le 14/06/24 à 19:33, Alan Mackenzie a tapoté :
> Are these files freely available, anywhere, perhaps?
>
And if you try to get the raw version with wget ?
> $ cd /tmp
> $ wget
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gentoo/gentoo/master/app-shells/bash/files/bashrc
Hello, Mike.
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 17:19:31 +0100, Mike Civil wrote:
> On 14/06/2024 17:00, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Right now, I have a problem. Is there any convenient way I can get the
> > older standard file contents back again, so as to be able to do this
> > 3-way diff?
> Does
Hello, Netfab.
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 18:22:11 +0200, netfab wrote:
> Le 14/06/24 à 17:53, Alan Mackenzie a tapoté :
> > Right now, I have a problem. Is there any convenient way I can get
> > the older standard file contents back again, so as to be able to do
> > this 3-way diff?
> The old
Le 14/06/24 à 17:53, Alan Mackenzie a tapoté :
> Right now, I have a problem. Is there any convenient way I can get
> the older standard file contents back again, so as to be able to do
> this 3-way diff?
The old bashrc file installed by previous versions of the ebuild :
On 14/06/2024 17:00, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Right now, I have a problem. Is there any convenient way I can get the
older standard file contents back again, so as to be able to do this
3-way diff?
Does etc-update or dispatch-conf not give you the option to selectively
update and/or to diff the
Hello, Gentoo.
I performed a portage update today, and at the end it informed me I had
to deal with /etc/bash/bashrc. This file's standard version has changed,
and I have apparently made changes in my own copy.
But the new file from portage bears no resemblance to my existing
version. It is
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