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From: Marius Mauch <genone@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] auto updating untouched config files
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 15:01:11
Message-Id: 20040502170102.5c7dcafe@sven.genone.homeip.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] auto updating untouched config files by Stuart Herbert
1 On 05/02/04 Stuart Herbert wrote:
2
3 > On Sunday 02 May 2004 15:27, Marius Mauch wrote:
4 > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/16090
5 >
6 > Hmmm ... according to that, you're still planning to have the ._cfg
7 > files?
8
9 Yes, but they will just be diffs of the changes between the old and new
10 original config files, so for example you won't get asked to update
11 /etc/fstab for each baselayout update, and if there are changes you
12 don't risk to nuke your modified version completely.
13
14 Marius
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] auto updating untouched config files Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] auto updating untouched config files Joshua Brindle <method@g.o>