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From: Justin Patrin <papercrane@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dispatch-conf spells disaster
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:25:07
Message-Id: 432beae0610180819k533050dfg952d6f58ca5caf1a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dispatch-conf spells disaster by Justin Patrin
1 On 10/18/06, Justin Patrin <papercrane@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 10/14/06, maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Hello group,
4 > >
5 > > As I expected it would, dispatch-conf
6 > > over-wrote/corrupted a lot of files without giving me
7 > > a chance to stop it. It left no log(file was empty)in
8 > > /var/log/dispatch-conf.log. or any record of its
9 > > passing that I can find.
10 > >
11 >
12 > Why did you expect this and, if you expected it, why didn't you take
13 > steps to back things up.
14 >
15 > dispatch-conf normally works just fine. Perhaps you set some incorrect
16 > options in your dispatch-conf conf file, such as auto-updating of all
17 > files. You also should have set up RCS backups of your conf files so
18 > that you can move back.
19 >
20
21 nm, looks like the FUD has been dealt with in further replies.
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