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David W Noon wrote: |
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> On Tue, 31 May 2011 22:40:01 +0200, Mick wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] |
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> Cleaning redundant configuration files: |
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>> On Tuesday 31 May 2011 17:26:43 David W Noon wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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>>> To repeat myself: I do not see a customized configuration file as |
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>>> being any more important than a vanilla one. If I understand a |
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>>> configuration file well enough to customize it once, I remain |
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>>> capable of customizing it again after a reinstall. |
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>> I would *not* want to have to reconfigure sendmail, apache, mrtg, or |
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>> umpteen other files from scratch if you don't mind. |
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> In that case, do not unmerge them. Just upgrade as needed. |
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> Remember that I am writing purely about *unmerged* packages. In the |
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> case of a rebuild or upgrade, customizations would be preserved just |
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> as they are now. |
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I have in the past unmerged a package, checked to make sure it is all |
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gone and then emerged it again. I think this type of situation is what |
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people are talking about. Since I have done this myself, I wouldn't |
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want the config files to be deleted and others seem to be talking about |
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the same thing. That's my take on it at least. |
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It should be a option but not something that is done by default. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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