first time I did it: 
cope the file to a save location (like your homedir)
deal with etc-update
if everything is still running smoothly after a few days, delete the file.

etc-update is rather straightforward.

On Wed, 28 May 2003, Mark Knecht wrote:

> >
> > Just make
> >     etc-update
> > and all should work fine :)
> >
> > HTH
> >     Florian Huber
> 
> Florian,
>    Hi. Thanks. That's helpful, if a bit scary. Brand new build. No backups.
> etc-update looks like it will possibly overwrite my existing make.conf,
> which is the only one I've edited so far, so I think I should back that one
> up. Or should I use this -5 option and then handle it after the fact?
> 
>    I'm trying to learn, but don't want to hose the setup and have to start
> over.
> 
> Thanks very much!
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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