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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] default CONFIG_PROTECT behavior
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:17:56
Message-Id: 20180617161734.3caolj55axlrvj7e@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
1 What happens to files within the scope of CONFIG_PROTECT if I don't
2 execute dispatch-conf or any similar thingy? I have found the confusion
3 the latter tool generates completely unsurmountable.
4
5 What I'd prefer is the debian behavior: the package supplied config file
6 is simply saved under a mangled name (*.dpkg-dist alongside the real
7 file on debian) and I'm left to merge the changes at my convenience,
8 with my preferred tools.
9
10 And maybe that's what portage already does, but I'm not sure. If yes,
11 where is the package supplied file saved? Is it under
12 /etc/config-archive? The wiki makes the impression that
13 /etc/config-archive is specific to dispatch-conf.
14
15 So that's my question in a nutshell: after emerge but before
16 dispatch-conf, where are the new versions of config files?
17
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Re: [gentoo-user] default CONFIG_PROTECT behavior Andrew Udvare <audvare@×××××.com>