normally not. run "etc-update" to see a list of the config files that need to be updated - it will auto-update trival changes (like only comment changes). You can then select which file to look at closer and see exactly what is getting changed. This allows you to determine if you need to take any special action (like backing up the current file first) before updating a config file. You have the option to update to the new file, leave the old file and remove the new, or not update at this time.
A word of warning though - DO NOT blindly update all your files without examining them. I did this once - resulting in my SECOND Gentoo install. Doing so may update lower level config files - like fstab - making your system unusable. Yes, you can work through all the files again and reset them as needed, but chances are it'll be easier just to do another install (well, I thought so at the time at least...). Shawn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Graupe Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [clug-talk] Gentoo update (emerge --update world) I want to keep my gentoo system up to date. Here is my main problem: every time I emerge something, a certain number of config files seem to need updating. I don't want to increase this number, and I don't want to fix all of them. Is there any problem with leaving the old config files in place? _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
