[wuug-list] gentoo etc-update

[BJ Blanchard]

If you like etc-update, then you'll love dispatch-conf.  As the man page
states : "Sanely update configuration files after emerging new
packages" (keyword being "sanely").. it allows rollbacks, provides
history, and can distinguish between CVS cruft or white space.

BJ.

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 21:11 -0500, Aaron Mavrinac wrote:

> Properly managed with tools like etc-update, revdep-rebuild, eselect,
> and the gentoolkit utilities, Portage can keep your Gentoo box, no
> matter how uniquely configured, up to date and un-borked for years.
> Like I was saying at the meeting, my Ultra 10 has made it through
> major toolchain upgrades and even a migration from kernel 2.4 to 2.6
> without a hitch.
> 
> On Feb 6, 2008 7:13 PM, Mark Nenadov <mark at freelance-developer.com> wrote:
> > Just to follow up on something that was discussed at our last meeting
> > (mainly concerning a discussion with Aaron):
> >
> > I ran the etc-update and fixed all my /etc files. It seems to have worked
> > quite well.  While initially sort of confusing, etc-update is pretty nice!
> > Not really enough to make me a huge gentoo fan, but it certainly has some
> > strong points. I have one server running Gentoo and it certainly is good
> > enough to keep me from bothering with migrating to something else.
> >
> > Thanks for your help Aaron!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > // -- Mark J. Nenadov -- //
> > Web: http://www.marknenadov.com/
> >  Blog: http://markianus.blogspot.com/
> 
> 
> 
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