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From: Abhay Kedia <abhay.ilugd@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:29:07
Message-Id: 200601072355.48332.abhay.ilugd@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem by Holly Bostick
1 On Saturday 07 January 2006 23:24, Holly Bostick wrote:
2 >
3 > What might that be.....? Does something need to be re-initialized? Some
4 > cache updated? I'm getting a bit confused here.
5 >
6 afaik etc-update does not reinitialize anything. All it looks for are files
7 that have been named in a specific way. It diffs the original file with its
8 update and then asks you whether to overwrite or not. You can delete
9 the ._cfg files or let them be. They will not cause you any problems.
10
11 Regards,
12 Abhay

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Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED] Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl>