Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging and CONFIG_PROTECT
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 03:03:43
Message-Id: 20040228030336.GB4378@lion.gg3.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging and CONFIG_PROTECT by Jason Stubbs
1 maillog: 28/02/2004-09:22:09(+0900): Jason Stubbs types
2 > Basically, I'm suggesting that config files that have never been changed be
3 > removed as they will be restored upon reinstallation. Anything that has
4 > changed shouldn't be removed and anything that was added since installation
5 > won't be tracked anyway.
6
7 Currently, when a new merge would overwrite a CONFIG_PROTECTed file, it creates
8 a file named ._cfg????_originalfile if the file has been changed.
9
10 What if something similar is made when unmerging packages? Unmerging a
11 CONFIG_PROTECTed file that has not been changed removes the file right away. If
12 it was changed, an empty ._cfg????_file is created, with some way to
13 distinguish that it is supposed to express deletion (setting the sticky bit for
14 example). etc-update can be used to delete the file later, after it is updated
15 to recognize empty sticky files as a pointer to delete the original file.
16
17 --
18 /\ Georgi Georgiev /\ Truly simple systems... require infinite /\
19 \/ chutz@×××.net \/ testing. -- Norman Augustine \/
20 /\ +81(90)6266-1163 /\ /\
21
22 --
23 gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging and CONFIG_PROTECT Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging and CONFIG_PROTECT Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o>