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On Sun, 2 May 2004 15:59:17 +0100 |
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Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o> wrote: |
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> If it's something you run post-emerge, it can't do the job |
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> properly, because the CONTENTS file for the previous version |
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> have gone. |
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The first time you update a config file with dispatch-conf, you |
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will be prompt to accept the diff just like with etc-update. But |
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the point is that it keeps backup (numbered files or RCS |
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repository) of all files it updates, with both the vanilla |
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versions and your own versions. So on the next updates, it has the |
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information needed to know whether your config file is customized |
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or not. |
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So for instance the first time you update baselayout you have all |
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the files to accept manually, and the second time only the |
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modified one. |
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It also does a three-part diff beetween old-vanilla, current and |
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new-vanilla files, and thus the updates it suggests are already |
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merged with your customisation when possible. Imho, that's really |
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a smart tool, which only lacks cosmetic stuff like manpage or |
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--pretend option. |
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TGL. |
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