Shawn Grover wrote:
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 useful alternative to "etc-update" is "dispatch-conf". dispatch-conf
will keep backup copies of your configuration files in
/etc/config-archive, and can be configured to use rcs as well.
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
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