[gentoo-portage-dev] generating ._cfg0000_foo multiple times between --sync

[Michiel de Bruijne]

Hi guys,

I wonder why the default behaviour of portage is to generate ._cfg0000_foo 
files only one time after a --sync. For example I have done the following;

- emerge --sync
- emerge baselayout --oneshot -v
._cfg0000_foo files are created so I can use dispatch-conf to select which one 
I want to update

after a while I want to reset more files to the default value so I do;
- emerge baselayout --oneshot -v
this time ._cfg0000_foo files are not created

When I do emerge --sync again and emerge baselayout --oneshot -v 
then ._cfg0000_foo files are created again, however for me this is not 
preferred, because I want to keep my current tree.

I remember vaguely that there is a setting to enable generation 
of ._cfg0000_foo files always, however I have searched on my system, forums 
and google, but I'm unable to find it. If actually this setting exists you 
might want to enable it by default, but definitely document it better.

IMHO portage should always behave the same whether you just synced or not. 
What do you guys think? b.t.w I'm using portage-2.1_pre7-r5

Regards,
Michiel.

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