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From: Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:57:18
Message-Id: 48B92756.6010807@bellsouth.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update by Mick
1 Mick wrote:
2 > On Saturday 30 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >
4 >> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote:
5 >>
6 >>>> # etc-update
7 >>>> [...]
8 >>>> File: /etc/portage/._cfg0000_package.use
9 >>>> [...]
10 >>>> What is it about?
11 >>>>
12 >>> No, I didn't see it, but it looks like some package moved to another
13 >>> category or got renamed so portage patched package.use for you.
14 >>>
15 >> That's exactly what happened.
16 >>
17 >>
18 >>> Try
19 >>> dispatch-config, preferably with vimdiff and perhaps RCS support, it
20 >>> makes maintaining your config so much easier than etc-update.
21 >>>
22 >> I used dispatch-config for years, but have now switched to conf-update
23 >> after Alan recommended it.
24 >>
25 >
26 > I also used dispatch-config when it first came out, but I think it was still
27 > in beta at the time. A couple of times it messed up my files when I tried to
28 > manually merge them. Eventually, I decided to go back to etc-update which
29 > would manually merge files without problem. I tried it again now and unlike
30 > etc-update it nicely shows the differences:
31 > ===============================================
32 > --- /etc/portage/package.use 2008-08-22 07:57:52.000000000 +0100
33 > +++ /etc/portage/._cfg0000_package.use 2008-08-28 06:06:29.000000000 +0100
34 > @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
35 > media-gfx/splashutils fbcondecor
36 > net-im/pidgin sasl gtk
37 > net-dialup/ppp gtk
38 > -app-emulation/virtualbox additions
39 > +app-emulation/virtualbox-ose additions
40 > www-client/mozilla-firefox moznopango
41 > media-video/vlc cdda libnotify vlm wxwindows xosd
42 > net-www/mplayerplug-in gtk
43 >
44 >
45 >>> (1 of 1) -- /etc/portage/package.use
46 >>> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new
47 >>>
48 > m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge:
49 >
50 > ===============================================
51 >
52 > Thank you.
53 >
54
55 I still use etc-update too. I keep backups of my /etc just in case. I
56 need to check into conf-update tho. May be interesting.
57
58 Dale
59
60 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update Geralt <usr.gentoo@××××××××××.com>