On Freitag 12 Februar 2010, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Friday 12 February 2010 00:13:23 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> > One thing I haven't found so far is what to put in make.conf to get > >> > the buildpkg feature to include the configs. It's easy at the command > >> > line. Where's the documentation on how to actually use this the right > >> > way automatically? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > - Mark > >> > >> when you use buildpkg feature the packages contain the virgin unedited > >> configs as they are installed by the package and not any edits done by > >> you. > > > > Just checking something: > > > > We are all aware of the difference between > > > > emerge --buildpkg > > > > and > > > > quickpkg > > > > right/ > > > > -- > > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > Volker is. I am not sure I am and I'm not sure that Neil was talking > about quickpkg which is what I am using so far. The command > > quickpkg --include-configs > > says it includes the configs. That's what I thought we (you and I > Alan) were talking about. > > On the other hand I presumed (apparently incorrectly) that the > FEATURES="buildpkg" (which is what I think Neil is speaking about) > gave me the same option but I now guess it doesn't. > > If I need to use quickpkg to save the configs then I think I'll do > that being that as I simple-minded home user with no admin experience > I have no in-place rigorous methods for doing __any__ backups. I just > tar up directories once in awhile and deal with the problems that come > later. (If they come...when they come...they do come, don't they?) ;-) > > - Mark
when you use quickpkg it package up all the files belonging to the package as they are installed in your system. If you edited the configs (or any other file) the edited version ends in the tarball. with buildpkg the package is created before the files are copied into the filesystem. Config files included in the tarball are 'virgin'. buildpkg is 'cleaner' because you get everything as it is installed. If you want to save your configs - well, regular backups of /etc is always a smart choice.
