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From: Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:23:24
Message-Id: 43BFDB77.7050002@planet.nl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem by Eugene Rosenzweig
1 Eugene Rosenzweig schreef:
2 > Holly Bostick wrote:
3 >
4 >> Hey ho, all--
5 >>
6 >> (I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6
7 >> a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and
8 >> cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update
9 >> reports them as being in /usr/lib/X11/xkb sometimes, but not always).
10 >>
11 >> The problem is, these files do not exist, or rather are not found when I
12 >> then run the relevant utility:
13 <snip>
14 >>
15 >> Can anybody help me either fix this or fine-tune my quest for the
16 >> misconfiguration that is causing this?
17 >>
18 >> T(hanks)I(n)A(dvance),
19 >> Holly
20 >>
21 >>
22 > Indeed it seems strange. Both etc-update and emerge use the following to
23 > find the cfg files:
24 > find /usr/lib/X11/xkb -iname "._cfg????_*"
25 > This would be recursive so maybe the files you are after are somewhere
26 > below the listing you provide, you could run this command and see if it
27 > finds any more cfg files.
28
29 Thanks, Eugene, indeed it does:
30
31 # find /usr/lib/X11/xkb -iname "._cfg????_*"
32 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/rules/._cfg0000_xorg.lst
33 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/._cfg0000_xkbcomp
34 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/compat/._cfg0000_misc
35 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_fr-latin9
36 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_dvorak
37 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_ge_la
38 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_sapmi
39 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_se_FI
40 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_se_NO
41 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_se_SE
42 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_br
43 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_de
44 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_lt
45 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_ro
46 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/._cfg0000_us
47 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_altwin
48 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_dvorak
49 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_sapmi
50 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_se_FI
51 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_se_NO
52 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_se_SE
53 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_lt_std
54 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_srvr_ctrl
55 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_de
56 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_lt
57 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_ro
58 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/._cfg0000_us_intl
59 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/._cfg0000_README.enhancing
60 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/keycodes/._cfg0000_xfree86
61 /usr/lib/X11/xkb/._cfg0000_README.config
62
63 now what I notice is that the two major directories involved also
64 contain old-cfg and new-cfg files for the same configs, and that these
65 old-cfg and new-cfg files were created on November 14th:
66
67 la /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/
68 totaal 1024
69 drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4264 jan 3 13:58 .
70 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 1120 jan 3 13:58 ..
71 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3048 jan 3 13:57 al
72 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1323 nov 14 17:10 altwin
73 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7708 jan 3 13:57 am
74 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2588 jan 3 13:57 apple
75 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7478 jan 3 13:57 ar
76 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10299 jan 3 13:57 az
77 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4970 jan 3 13:57 be
78 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6323 jan 3 13:57 ben
79 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 30781 jan 3 13:57 bg
80 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4561 jan 3 13:57 br
81 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2638 jan 3 13:57 bs
82 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4702 jan 3 13:57 by
83 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8150 jan 3 13:57 ca
84 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5149 jan 3 13:57 ca_enhanced
85 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1321 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_altwin
86 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5975 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_de
87 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14300 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_dvorak
88 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4617 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_lt
89 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2812 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_lt_std
90 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4682 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_ro
91 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8184 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_sapmi
92 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 208 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_se_FI
93 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 208 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_se_NO
94 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 207 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_se_SE
95 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2852 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_srvr_ctrl
96 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2254 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_us_intl
97 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 297 jan 3 13:57 compose
98 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1256 jan 3 13:57 ctrl
99 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4453 jan 3 13:57 cz
100 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 538 jan 3 13:57 cz_qwerty
101 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 17553 jan 3 13:57 czsk
102 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5976 nov 14 17:10 de
103 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2793 jan 3 13:57 de_CH
104 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3310 jan 3 13:57 dev
105 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 144 apr 28 2005 digital
106 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4590 jan 3 13:57 dk
107 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14302 nov 14 17:10 dvorak
108 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2973 jan 3 13:57 ee
109 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4197 jan 3 13:57 el
110 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2637 jan 3 13:57 en_US
111 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3413 jan 3 13:57 es
112 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5394 jan 3 13:57 fi
113 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4037 jan 3 13:57 fr
114 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1457 jan 3 13:57 fr_CH
115 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 apr 28 2005 fujitsu
116 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4298 jan 3 13:57 gb
117 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2927 jan 3 13:57 ge_la
118 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3693 jan 3 13:57 ge_ru
119 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7453 jan 3 13:57 group
120 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3299 jan 3 13:57 guj
121 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3245 jan 3 13:57 gur
122 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 apr 28 2005 hp
123 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3219 jan 3 13:57 hr
124 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2205 jan 3 13:57 hr_US
125 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 13255 jan 3 13:57 hu
126 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 202 jan 3 13:57 hu_qwerty
127 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7804 jan 3 13:57 hu_US
128 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14184 jan 3 13:57 ie
129 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3115 jan 3 13:57 il
130 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3260 jan 3 13:57 il_phonetic
131 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 68721 jan 3 13:57 inet
132 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3011 jan 3 13:57 ir
133 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3863 jan 3 13:57 is
134 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4990 jan 3 13:57 iso9995-3
135 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3941 jan 3 13:57 it
136 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2871 jan 3 13:57 iu
137 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5709 jan 3 13:57 jp
138 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2920 jan 3 13:57 kan
139 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2162 jan 3 13:57 keypad
140 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3372 jan 3 13:57 la
141 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3455 jan 3 13:57 lao
142 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2498 jan 3 13:57 level3
143 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3357 jan 3 13:57 lo
144 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 492 jan 3 13:57 lock
145 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4623 nov 14 17:10 lt
146 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2744 jan 3 13:57 lt_a
147 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2437 jan 3 13:57 lt_p
148 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2814 nov 14 17:10 lt_std
149 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2567 jan 3 13:57 lv
150 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 408 apr 28 2005 macintosh
151 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6839 jan 3 13:57 mk
152 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4011 jan 3 13:57 ml
153 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3271 jan 3 13:57 mm
154 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3200 jan 3 13:57 mng
155 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1378 jan 3 13:57 mt
156 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1403 jan 3 13:57 mt_us
157 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 apr 28 2005 nec
158 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1323 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_altwin
159 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5976 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_de
160 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14302 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_dvorak
161 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4623 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_lt
162 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2814 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_lt_std
163 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4683 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_ro
164 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8187 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_sapmi
165 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 209 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_se_FI
166 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 209 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_se_NO
167 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 208 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_se_SE
168 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2854 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_srvr_ctrl
169 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2255 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_us_intl
170 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3382 jan 3 13:57 nl
171 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4579 jan 3 13:57 no
172 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8346 jan 3 13:57 ogham
173 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1321 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_altwin
174 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5975 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_de
175 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14300 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_dvorak
176 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4617 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_lt
177 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2812 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_lt_std
178 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4682 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_ro
179 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8184 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_sapmi
180 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 208 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_se_FI
181 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 208 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_se_NO
182 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 207 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_se_SE
183 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2852 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_srvr_ctrl
184 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2254 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_us_intl
185 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2845 jan 3 13:57 ori
186 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3208 jan 3 13:58 pc
187 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 831 jan 3 13:57 pc104
188 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1775 jan 3 13:57 pl
189 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3327 jan 3 13:57 pl2
190 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2880 jan 3 13:57 pt
191 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 502 jan 3 13:57 ralt
192 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 282 jan 3 13:57 README
193 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4683 nov 14 17:10 ro
194 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3137 jan 3 13:57 ro2
195 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10547 jan 3 13:57 ru
196 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8187 nov 14 17:10 sapmi
197 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4824 jan 3 13:57 se
198 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 209 nov 14 17:10 se_FI
199 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 209 nov 14 17:10 se_NO
200 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 208 nov 14 17:10 se_SE
201 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 apr 28 2005 sgi
202 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3456 jan 3 13:57 si
203 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4270 jan 3 13:57 sk
204 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 538 jan 3 13:57 sk_qwerty
205 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 apr 28 2005 sony
206 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7012 jan 3 13:57 sr
207 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2854 nov 14 17:10 srvr_ctrl
208 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 apr 28 2005 sun
209 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3517 jan 3 13:57 syr
210 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3533 jan 3 13:57 syr_phonetic
211 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7604 jan 3 13:57 ta
212 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3069 jan 3 13:57 tel
213 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3171 jan 3 13:57 th
214 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3054 jan 3 13:57 th_pat
215 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3175 jan 3 13:57 th_tis
216 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5594 jan 3 13:57 tj
217 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10582 jan 3 13:57 tml
218 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2259 jan 3 13:57 tr
219 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4865 jan 3 13:57 tr_f
220 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 11109 jan 3 13:57 ua
221 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 15299 jan 3 13:57 us
222 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8967 jan 3 13:57 us_group2
223 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 9458 jan 3 13:57 us_group3
224 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2255 nov 14 17:10 us_intl
225 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5040 jan 3 13:57 uz
226 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10604 jan 3 13:57 vn
227 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 apr 28 2005 xfree68
228 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2740 jan 3 13:57 yu
229
230
231
232
233 motub@mutable -> la /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
234 totaal 707
235 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3208 jan 3 13:58 .
236 drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4264 jan 3 13:58 ..
237 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2058 jan 3 13:57 al
238 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 11024 jan 3 13:57 am
239 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6733 jan 3 13:57 ar
240 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4427 jan 3 13:57 be
241 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5628 jan 3 13:57 ben
242 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7237 jan 3 13:57 bg
243 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2469 nov 14 17:10 br
244 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2597 jan 3 13:57 bs
245 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2870 jan 3 13:57 by
246 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2467 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_br
247 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4527 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_de
248 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 11844 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_dvorak
249 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 9878 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_fr-latin9
250 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1980 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_ge_la
251 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4258 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_lt
252 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4018 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_ro
253 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4684 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_sapmi
254 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 283 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_se_FI
255 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 283 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_se_NO
256 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 282 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_se_SE
257 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5243 jan 3 13:57 ._cfg0000_us
258 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4477 jan 3 13:57 cz
259 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 641 jan 3 13:57 cz_qwerty
260 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4528 nov 14 17:10 de
261 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2932 jan 3 13:57 dev
262 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1590 jan 3 13:57 dk
263 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 11846 nov 14 17:10 dvorak
264 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3838 jan 3 13:57 dz
265 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2320 jan 3 13:57 ee
266 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3712 jan 3 13:57 el
267 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 479 jan 3 13:57 en_US
268 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2088 jan 3 13:57 es
269 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3572 jan 3 13:57 fi
270 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3413 jan 3 13:57 fr
271 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10067 nov 14 17:10 fr-latin9
272 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2357 jan 3 13:57 gb
273 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1982 nov 14 17:10 ge_la
274 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2597 jan 3 13:57 ge_ru
275 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2739 jan 3 13:57 guj
276 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2696 jan 3 13:57 gur
277 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2070 jan 3 13:57 hr
278 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 13853 jan 3 13:57 ie
279 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6551 jan 3 13:57 il
280 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1754 jan 3 13:57 il_phonetic
281 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2802 jan 3 13:57 ir
282 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2630 jan 3 13:57 is
283 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2553 jan 3 13:57 it
284 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2309 jan 3 13:57 iu
285 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2551 jan 3 13:57 kan
286 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2190 jan 3 13:57 la
287 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8551 jan 3 13:57 latin
288 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2784 jan 3 13:57 lo
289 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4263 nov 14 17:10 lt
290 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1458 jan 3 13:57 lv
291 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3002 jan 3 13:57 mk
292 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3507 jan 3 13:57 ml
293 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2721 jan 3 13:57 mm
294 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1333 jan 3 13:57 mt
295 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 571 jan 3 13:57 mt_us
296 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2469 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_br
297 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4528 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_de
298 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 11846 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_dvorak
299 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10067 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_fr-latin9
300 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1982 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_ge_la
301 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4263 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_lt
302 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4019 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_ro
303 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4686 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_sapmi
304 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 284 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_se_FI
305 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 284 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_se_NO
306 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 283 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_se_SE
307 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5245 nov 14 18:10 ._new-cfg_us
308 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2663 jan 3 13:57 nl
309 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1679 jan 3 13:57 no
310 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8349 jan 3 13:57 ogham
311 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2467 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_br
312 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4527 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_de
313 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 11844 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_dvorak
314 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 9878 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_fr-latin9
315 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1980 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_ge_la
316 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4258 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_lt
317 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4018 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_ro
318 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4684 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_sapmi
319 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 283 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_se_FI
320 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 283 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_se_NO
321 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 282 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_se_SE
322 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5243 nov 14 18:10 ._old-cfg_us
323 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2502 jan 3 13:57 ori
324 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7196 jan 3 13:57 pc
325 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 889 jan 3 13:57 pl
326 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2211 jan 3 13:57 pl2
327 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2049 jan 3 13:57 pt
328 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4019 nov 14 17:10 ro
329 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7028 jan 3 13:57 ru
330 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4686 nov 14 17:10 sapmi
331 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1345 jan 3 13:57 se
332 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 284 nov 14 17:10 se_FI
333 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 284 nov 14 17:10 se_NO
334 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 283 nov 14 17:10 se_SE
335 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1941 jan 3 13:57 si
336 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4481 jan 3 13:57 sk
337 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 641 jan 3 13:57 sk_qwerty
338 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 11332 jan 3 13:57 sr
339 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3520 jan 3 13:57 syr
340 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3536 jan 3 13:57 syr_phonetic
341 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7206 jan 3 13:57 ta
342 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2696 jan 3 13:57 tel
343 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2683 jan 3 13:57 th
344 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2734 jan 3 13:57 th_pat
345 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2812 jan 3 13:57 th_tis
346 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3576 jan 3 13:57 tj
347 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8578 jan 3 13:57 tml
348 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8287 jan 3 13:57 tr
349 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6712 jan 3 13:57 ua
350 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5245 nov 14 17:10 us
351 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2026 jan 3 13:57 us_intl
352 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3608 jan 3 13:57 uz
353 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1557 jan 3 13:57 yu
354
355 (how do you get ls to also include the @#$%#$ *year*??)
356
357 November 14th is, at an educated guess, possibly when I attempted to
358 "upgrade" to Xorg 6.8.99-- yes, that is confirmed by a check of
359 /var/log/portage, where a log for that program exists for November 14th.
360
361 So from this I deduce that
362
363 1) xorg 6.8.99 was *really* broken/incomplete or did something radically
364 different that etc-update and cfg-update cannot deal with, since these
365 files were never updated or offered to update while I when I actually
366 installed the package or at any time while I was running the package
367 (it's not like I haven't emerged anything for the past two months); and
368
369 2) these files are now irrelevant (since I have gone back to 6.8.2-r6)
370 and can be deleted without penalty; and
371
372 3) these files are what is confusing the update utilities, and they will
373 "snap back" when these old-cfg and new-cfg files are deleted.
374
375 Does that sound about right? Xorg 6.8.2-r6 seems to be working OK with
376 the un-updated config files, but if deleting the November files breaks
377 something, then I guess I'd have to re-emerge Xorg, and that takes a
378 good two hours or more (which I'd really rather not do). So any
379 confirmation of this proposed action being a good/bad idea before I take
380 it would be nice :-) .
381
382 Thanks,
383 Holly
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