Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files

[Dale]

Todd Goodman wrote:
> * David W Noon<dwnoon@××××××××.com>  [110601 14:41]:
>
>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:20:02 +0200, Todd Goodman wrote about Re:
>> [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files:
>>
>>
>>> What you seem to ignore or miss in the discussion is that an
>>> emerge -C is necessary at times during an upgrade and rebuild when
>>> package dependencies are not perfect.
>>>
>> See my follow-up to Volker Armin Hemmann on this.
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dave  [RLU #314465]
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>> dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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> It's not a rare situation as you imply in that followup and
> copying off/backing up and then restoring is a lot of busywork and
> fraught with risk when the current situation works just fine, thank you
> very much.
>
> If the current situation is unacceptable to you, why not create a patch
> and work to get it approved?
>
> Please make it optional with the default being the existing behavior.
>
> Todd
>

+1.  Me, I like the idea but don't want it to be the default option.  If 
-CC won't work, then let it be some other option that can be added to 
-C.  I just know that the vast majority of the time, I do NOT want my 
config files deleted.  I wouldn't mind having the option available but 
just not the default.

Dale

:-)  :-)