[gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Hey ho, all-- (I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6 a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update reports them as being in /usr/lib/X11/xkb sometimes, but not always). The

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Eugene Rosenzweig
Holly Bostick wrote: Hey ho, all-- (I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6 a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update reports them as being in /usr/lib/X11/xkb sometimes,

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Eugene Rosenzweig schreef: Holly Bostick wrote: Hey ho, all-- (I think that) Ever since I downgraded Xorg from 6.8.99 back to 6.8.2-r6 a couple of days ago, I've had reports from both etc-update and cfg-update that there are 30 files needing to be updated (etc-update reports them as being

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Saturday 07 January 2006 20:47, Holly Bostick wrote: So from this I deduce that 1) xorg 6.8.99 was *really* broken/incomplete or did something radically different that etc-update and cfg-update cannot deal with, since these files were never updated or offered to update while I when I

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Abhay Kedia schreef: On Saturday 07 January 2006 20:47, Holly Bostick wrote: So from this I deduce that 1) xorg 6.8.99 was *really* broken/incomplete or did something radically different that etc-update and cfg-update cannot deal with, since these files were never updated or offered to

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Abhay Kedia schreef: You are not facing any problem because you are most probably not using xkb or in other words the keyboard layouts. If you've never used different keyboard layouts then you can comfortably delete the new-cfg files and expect to face nil problems. Not sure if I made a

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Saturday 07 January 2006 23:24, Holly Bostick wrote: What might that be.? Does something need to be re-initialized? Some cache updated? I'm getting a bit confused here. afaik etc-update does not reinitialize anything. All it looks for are files that have been named in a specific way.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Abhay Kedia schreef: On Saturday 07 January 2006 23:24, Holly Bostick wrote: What might that be.? Does something need to be re-initialized? Some cache updated? I'm getting a bit confused here. afaik etc-update does not reinitialize anything. All it looks for are files that have been

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Holly Bostick schreef: Abhay Kedia schreef: afaik etc-update does not reinitialize anything. All it looks for are files that have been named in a specific way. It diffs the original file with its update and then asks you whether to overwrite or not. You can delete the ._cfg files or let them

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Abhay Kedia
Just on a side note, etc-update will soon be deprecated. Try dispatch-conf. This will be the tool to use in future for config updates. Regards, Abhay pgpscWY8J76WR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Dale
Abhay Kedia wrote: Just on a side note, etc-update will soon be deprecated. Try dispatch-conf. This will be the tool to use in future for config updates. Regards, Abhay This figures. I finally got used to etc-update and they are taking it away. I didn't like dispatch-conf. Sorry. It's