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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 02:02:16PM +0200, Holger Brueckner wrote: |
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> > I had under /etc was overwritten. Even /etc/passwd! I don't know if it |
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> is |
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> *uppps* |
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> > being worked on, but I believe the correct behavior would be to have |
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> anything |
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> > destined for the /etc directory to be installed into a fake etc, say |
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> > /tmp/portage/etc, and then use something like FreeBSD's mergemaster to do |
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> the |
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> > update. |
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> portage > 1.5.2 has config file support. it won't overwrite files in dirs |
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> you can specifiy in |
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> /etc/make.globals with the CONFIG_PROTECT variable |
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I knew there had to be something like that, but I just didn't find it. |
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I still like the idea of using something like mergemaster :). |
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> note .. if you're upgrading from an earlier portage .. backup your |
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> /etc/make.x files since |
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> they'll get overwritten !! |
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> |
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> Holger |
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Joseph |
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