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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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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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Holger |