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Song Ma wrote: |
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> I tried "dispatch-conf" and "etc-update". Here are two major differences |
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> from my tool: |
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> 1. For desktop user, my tool will invoke GUI based "kdiff3" to do diff |
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> and merge files if the user installed the "kdiff3". And for remote login |
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> user or the user without "kdiff3", the tool will just get the normal |
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> text-base diff. |
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> 2. My tool can override multiple config files in batch mode. Although |
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> this is dangerous, sometime it's useful and not so nagging. |
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You need to look at cfg-update, which has gtk+ and qt+ interfaces. And |
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is arguably less dangerous. |
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Better yet, just look around in the app-portage category; there are lots |
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of config file update tools, in addition to the excellent ones already |
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present in Portage. |
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You also need to read the Portage handbook. It explains the built-in |
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update tools: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=4 |
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