Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-10-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 01 September 2005 04:09 am, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:16:55 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > >2) If it's a file in /etc/initd then I update it automatically. > > > > This rule is still true. I am not a programmer and will never edit > > an init script. For me these ar

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-09-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:16:55 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > >2) If it's a file in /etc/initd then I update it automatically. > > This rule is still true. I am not a programmer and will never edit an > init script. For me these are 100% updated ASAP. Add /etc/init.d to CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK in /etc/

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/31/05, Jerry Turba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help. I will try using Marks rules and start > using dispatch-conf to be able to roll back any changes that don't seem > to work. > Jerry > Darn, that's scary! OK, if you're gonna follow someone as blind as me le me exp

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-31 Thread Jerry Turba
Thanks everyone for your help. I will try using Marks rules and start using dispatch-conf to be able to roll back any changes that don't seem to work. Jerry Mark Knecht wrote: On 8/30/05, Jerry Turba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuratio

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:19:40 -0400, Sean Higgins wrote: > > It exists as an option with dispatch-conf, as do options to > > automatically replace files if the only differences are whitespace > > and comments. > > But, it does not automatically do an update if the original file has > not changed.

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Sean Higgins
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 01:22 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:06:29 -0400, Eric Crossman wrote: > > While I agree that etc-update is a vast improvement over other package > > systems, it would be nice to have a CVS type merge where I only have to > > make choices when the "syste

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:06:29 -0400, Eric Crossman wrote: > While I agree that etc-update is a vast improvement over other package > systems, it would be nice to have a CVS type merge where I only have to > make choices when the "system can't figure it out". It seems like > etc-update (and friends)

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Tony Davison
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 17:06, Eric Crossman wrote: > While I agree that etc-update is a vast improvement over other > package systems, it would be nice to have a CVS type merge where I > only have to make choices when the "system can't figure it out". It > seems like etc-update (and friends) sh

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Eric Crossman
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 16:46 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > Jerry Turba schreef: > > As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration files > > provided by the program authors. I have tried to define some rules for > > myself to determine how to handle these new files. > > > > 1. If I

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Holly Bostick
Jerry Turba schreef: > As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration files > provided by the program authors. I have tried to define some rules for > myself to determine how to handle these new files. > > 1. If I made a change to a file I will never allow the new config file > to

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Roger Light
On 30/08/05, Jerry Turba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration files > provided by the program authors. I have tried to define some rules for > myself to determine how to handle these new files. > > 1. If I made a change to a file I will never

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/30/05, Jerry Turba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration files > provided by the program authors. I have tried to define some rules for > myself to determine how to handle these new files. > > 1. If I made a change to a file I will never a

[gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Jerry Turba
As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration files provided by the program authors. I have tried to define some rules for myself to determine how to handle these new files. 1. If I made a change to a file I will never allow the new config file to overwrite the old file. 2.