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On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:10:02 +0200, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re: |
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[gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: |
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>On Mon, 30 May 2011 15:48:15 +0100, David W Noon wrote: |
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>> How does the tool of choice determine if a file is redundant or not? |
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>> Just because a configuration file is not associated with a Portage |
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>> package [any more] does not necessarily mean it is redundant. |
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>No, but it indicates the file warrants a closer look as it may be |
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>orphaned. qfile is my tool of choice for this, it only list files and |
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>deletes nothing. |
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Indeed, I would be very wary of any tool that automatically deleted a |
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configuration file without backing it up. |
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The only algorithmic approach with which I would feel comfortable would |
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be if the file were checked against the previous contents of a package |
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and found present, but has disappeared from the new contents of that |
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same package. Even then, I would want manual confirmation. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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