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On Sunday 02 May 2004 16:01, Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> On 05/02/04 Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 02 May 2004 15:27, Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/16090 |
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> > Hmmm ... according to that, you're still planning to have the ._cfg |
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> > files? |
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> Yes, but they will just be diffs of the changes between the old and new |
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> original config files, so for example you won't get asked to update |
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> /etc/fstab for each baselayout update, and if there are changes you |
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> don't risk to nuke your modified version completely. |
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> Marius |
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Doesn't that create a risk that all these diff files will just build up until |
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the root file system gets full? I imagine a lot of our users won't know / |
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think to do an ls -a under /etc. |
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Also - won't etc-config still pick these up? :( |
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Best regards, |
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Stu |
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