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Simon Stelling wrote: |
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> Alec Joseph Warner wrote: |
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>> They stay because of CONFIG_PROTECT, the make.conf manpage has details |
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>> on how to use it. Basically people want to merge config file changes |
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>> manually so they protect certain directories from portage's hands. |
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>> see also emerge --help config. |
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> I know CONFIG_PROTECT, but why isn't it ignored when removing a package |
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> (not in case of upgrading of course)? |
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Because portage errs on the side of you wanting your old config files. |
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There are various scripts in bugzilla for cleaning out unowned files in |
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/etc. People have argued for portage removing initscripts and various |
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deals with md5 hashing each file and removing it if the hashes match, |
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but I don't believe anything like that has made it in. |
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