Re: [gentoo-user] Proposed option for etc-update

Joe writes:

> So I was thinking it would be nice to have a -B option for etc-update
> which creates /somewhere/logical/etc.tar.gz before running etc-update.
> Of course this wouldn't be complete without a --restore option which
> overwrites the existing /etc with the last created etc.tar.gz thus giving
> us goofs a unlimited amount of chances to get it right.

> Any thoughts?

Try dispatch-conf instead of etc-update. When use_rcs ist set to yes  
in /etc/dispatch-conf.conf, and rcs is emerged, you get a backup of  
each file.

        Alex
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