Re: [gentoo-user] tools currently available for update of etc files after updates

[Allan Gottlieb]

At Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:05:22 +0100 Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de> wrote:

> Am Freitag, 14. November 2008 17:14:03 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
>> On Freitag 14 November 2008, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> > I remember discussion of one or more fairly new tools designed to ease
>> > the update of etc files following updates.
>> >
>> > Can anyone say what tools are currently available.
>>
>> cfg-update makes updates REALLY easy and comfortable.
>
> Yep, and it gives the possibility to use your favorite diff/merge tool (diff,
> kdiff3, vimdiff, emacs, xxdiff, etc.). With the right choice it even supports

How hard was it to hook in emacs-ediff?  It wasn't mentioned in the
cfg-update docs I read.

> automatik (3-way) merging, reducing manual intervention to a minimum.
>
> IMHO the best tool for the job.

Thanks,
allan