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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge config files update question
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:14:10
Message-Id: 20160615171401.687f1779@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Emerge config files update question by marco@nucleus.it
1 On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:07:21 +0200, marco@×××××××.it wrote:
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3 > then i change parameters in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf and /etc/conf.d/dhcpd
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5 > then i upgrade the net-misc/dhcp (net-misc/dhcp ~amd64)
6 >
7 > emerge -v1 net-misc/dhcp
8 > [ebuild U ~] net-misc/dhcp-4.3.4::gentoo [4.3.3_p1::gentoo]
9 >
10 > but when the update finished i don't have any etc-update to do .
11 >
12 > Why emerge do not create new ._cfg0000_dhcpd.conf and ._cfg0000_dhcpd ?
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14 Because portage has a degree of intelligence. If the upstream config file
15 has not changed, there is no need to run etc-update.
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19 Neil Bothwick
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21 All generalizations are false, including this one.

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