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On Tue, 31 May 2011 22:40:01 +0200, Mick wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] |
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Cleaning redundant configuration files: |
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>On Tuesday 31 May 2011 17:26:43 David W Noon wrote: |
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[snip] |
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>> To repeat myself: I do not see a customized configuration file as |
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>> being any more important than a vanilla one. If I understand a |
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>> configuration file well enough to customize it once, I remain |
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>> capable of customizing it again after a reinstall. |
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>I would *not* want to have to reconfigure sendmail, apache, mrtg, or |
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>umpteen other files from scratch if you don't mind. |
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In that case, do not unmerge them. Just upgrade as needed. |
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Remember that I am writing purely about *unmerged* packages. In the |
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case of a rebuild or upgrade, customizations would be preserved just |
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as they are now. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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