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On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:56:16AM +0100, Mike Williams wrote: |
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> Basic premise, as I remember, is that when portage merges a new version it |
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> purposely doesn't overwrite files CONFIG_PROTECT'd, but really it should look |
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> for the file in /var/db/pkg, check the md5sums, and if the same overwrite it. |
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the problem is the large number of files CONFIG_PROTECT'd ... |
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> > Another extension would be versioning of configuration files via cvs/rcs, |
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> > subversion or arch. But I had to do some more work on that ... |
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> dispatch-conf does basic backing up before overwriting. |
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That seems to be the right thing (according to the manpage), but I haven't |
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heard of it yet. The documentation mentions only etc-update. Does |
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dispatch-conf also handles the update of unchanged configs? |
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Joerg |
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Fachbegriffe der Informatik (Nr 366): Powerpoint |
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- Transportmittel für mindestens 50% der E-Mails eines Unternehmens. Die |
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Inhalte sind überwiegend mit humoristischem Anspruch. Ein kleiner Teil ist |
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ernst gemeint und erinnert an die letzten Zusammentreffen innerhalb der |
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Firma/des Konzerns, da wo man so schön Kaffee trinken und über Gott und die |
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Welt erzählen kann. |
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Holger Marzen |
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