[gentoo-dev] A tool helps to diff and override config files

[Song Ma]

Hi,

With Gentoo if the user runs "emerge --update --newuse --deep world", the
config file under "/etc" may be updated and get the new config file named as
"._cfg0000_xxxx", for example,  "._cfg0000_ntp.conf". Normally I will
compare this newly updated config file with my existing one, then decide if
I am going to override the existing one with new one or discard the new one
since I must keep my existing setting. It is not very efficient to do these
actions with command lines such as "diff", "cp" or "mv" one by one. I wrote
a tool with text menu to help Gentoo user compare and copy new the new
config file conveniently. Does anyone have interest about it? What should I
do if I want to make it open source and maintain it for Gentoo users?

A screen shot for the tool use: