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From: "Petteri Räty" <petteri.raty@××××××××××.fi>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile.d/
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:48:12
Message-Id: 42D89F35.1000505@saunalahti.fi
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile.d/ by Herbert Fischer
1 Herbert Fischer wrote:
2 >
3 > In Gentoo we need to "hack" files that sometimes are changed in some
4 > "emerge world" updates, like /etc/profile, /etc/skel/.bashrc, and
5 > that is a little mess to me, as when etc-update's list is too long I
6 > place a "-5" (auto update) and voilá... all my customizations are
7 > gone.
8 >
9
10 Try using dispatch-conf. It is much harder to shoot yourself in the foot
11 with that. I also agree that /etc/profile.d/ is a good idea even when
12 using dispatch-conf.
13
14 Regards,
15 Petteri Räty (Betelgeuse)
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