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From: oom <oom@××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] etc-update updated
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:02:35
Message-Id: 1082508277.1986.43.camel@mootop
1 Greets to all,
2
3 Whilst accidentally clobbering a few config files the other day I
4 noticed a few bugs in the etc-update, namely:
5 --
6 Please select a file to edit by entering the corresponding number.
7 (-1 to exit) (-3 to auto merge all remaining files)
8 (-5 to auto-merge AND not use 'mv -i'): -3
9
10 Replacing /etc/man.conf with /etc/._cfg1000_man.conf
11 mv: overwrite `/etc/man.conf'? n
12 Replacing /etc/man.conf with /etc/._cfg1000_man.conf
13 mv: overwrite `/etc/man.conf'? n
14 --
15 plus i think there should be a backup option available before clobbering
16 .conf files :-)
17
18 So, see attached diff, or for those to lazy to patch get it at:
19 http://www.lgw.co.nz/~moo/gentoostuff/etc-update
20
21 Basicly option -3 works properly now, and you can add:
22 backup="yes" to /etc/etc-update.conf
23
24 cu,
25 Steve.

Attachments

File name MIME type
etc-update.diff text/x-patch

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-dev] FIXED etc-update updated DOH! oom <oom@××××××.nz>
Re: [gentoo-dev] etc-update updated Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@g.o>