Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

[Mick]

On Saturday 30 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote:
> > > # etc-update
> > > [...]
> > > File: /etc/portage/._cfg0000_package.use
> > > [...]
> > > What is it about?
> >
> > No, I didn't see it, but it looks like some package moved to another
> > category or got renamed so portage patched package.use for you.
>
> That's exactly what happened.
>
> > Try
> > dispatch-config, preferably with vimdiff and perhaps RCS support, it
> > makes maintaining your config so much easier than etc-update.
>
> I used dispatch-config for years, but have now switched to conf-update
> after Alan recommended it.

I also used dispatch-config when it first came out, but I think it was still 
in beta at the time.  A couple of times it messed up my files when I tried to 
manually merge them.  Eventually, I decided to go back to etc-update which 
would manually merge files without problem.  I tried it again now and unlike 
etc-update it nicely shows the differences:
===============================================
--- /etc/portage/package.use    2008-08-22 07:57:52.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/portage/._cfg0000_package.use  2008-08-28 06:06:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 media-gfx/splashutils fbcondecor
 net-im/pidgin sasl gtk
 net-dialup/ppp gtk
-app-emulation/virtualbox additions
+app-emulation/virtualbox-ose additions
 www-client/mozilla-firefox moznopango
 media-video/vlc cdda libnotify vlm wxwindows xosd
 net-www/mplayerplug-in gtk

>> (1 of 1) -- /etc/portage/package.use
>> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new
   m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge: 

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Thank you.
-- 
Regards,
Mick