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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:44:34
Message-Id: 20100213204339.7bf0b9f6@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:28:57 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
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3 > > /etc/ is CONFIG_PROTECTed, so emerge -e world will do just what the OP
4 > > wants, rebuild everything without touching the configs.
5 > >
6 > > Of course, a backup of /etc is always a handy thing to have around
7 > > anyway,
8 >
9 > For this case, it's probably easier to just tar /etc/ and untar it back
10 > later.
11 >
12 > The OP then doesn't have to deal with 600+ conf-update complaints
13
14 Run conf-update and press a then d :)
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18 Neil Bothwick
19
20 I've got a mind like a... a... what's that thing called?

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Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>