* Steven Elling (2003-08-03 07:03 +0200) > On Saturday 02 August 2003 15:23, Stephane Brossier wrote: >> I emerge some ebuilds yesterday, and then i got a warning that I >> should run etc-update to merge some files. >> >> I used the "-5" option which automaticall merge the files, >> and it seems it deleted some of my config files such >> as /etc/fstab.
> One of my questions about etc-update and portage is, why etc-update / > portage even consider critical files like /etc/fstab for a update? > It seems to me that files like this should never be considered for upgrades > because they are static in nature, only need to be set up once, and if > changes do need to be made it is because the admin of the box has changed > the hardware configuration. This is in fact the point it is all about. There is no sense in "updating" fstab or /etc/passwd so these types of files should be always omitted. Another possibility would be to have etc-update issue a "red warning" when used with "-5". Just another point: is the "-5" useful at all? I mean, has anyone used that in a senseful way? If you really want to "overwrite", you could have done 'CONFIG_PROTECT="-*" emerge -u whatever', right? By the way: I never use "etc-update". If I didn't configure the service, I just overwrite the config file, otherwise I do it manually. Thorsten -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
