* Joe McMahon [mcmahon@...] [2002-08-13 15:58 -0400]:

> I've been finding that dealing with the updated config files can be a
> real pain in the neck; here's a Perl scrpt to simplify it some.
> (Requests for features entertained. If people really like this, I'll
> make an ebuild out of it.)
[snip perl script]

There is a (bash) script called 'etc-update' which is part of gentoolkit
that does this.

best

cal