Thanks for the replies everyone. All the suggestions have helped.
JBanks --- Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:30:14PM -0700, Joshua Banks wrote: > > Come-on... No fish in the Gentoo pond..tonight > > > > I'm not asking for you to hold my hand. I just need someone to confirm whether or > > not I'm > doing > > this correctly. It seems that any time there's questions about "etc-update" > > everyone seems to > be > > "hush-hush". > > I don't understand what you're trying to achieve. etc-update > already allows you to see the differences and manually sort them out > line by line or (my preference) in vimdiff mode. > > Only crazy people use the option for etc-update to automatically fix > the files, and they end up with a broken system. > > > > Again, "My Goal", to manually update the files without the use of "ect-update". > > > > > > How to do this correctly I'm unsure of and want confirmation of, please. > > Why? > > Sure if you want to you can take all those files it says are changed > and look at both versions with diff or vimdiff or whatever.. but > etc-update calls these progams for you anyway. > > > > ********************************************************** > > > > > > At this point, I'm just manually "diff"ing each file, one by one. (Any > > > suggestions on using > > > "diff" > > > and "cp" in a better way than I'm using will be helpful & appreciated as well.) > > > > > > ********************************************************** > > etc-update *is* the better way. :) > > > > At this point, (1)I know logically that I've never messed with this file and, > > > (2)its obvious > > > that > > > I want the new file in replace of the old one. Not only is it obvious but I was > > > told so: > > > > > > Quote: > > > * NOTICE: PLEASE *REPLACE* your make.globals. All user changes to variables > > > * in make.globals should be placed in make.conf. DO NOT MODIFY make.globals. > > > > > > * Feature additions are noted in help and make.conf descriptions. Update > > > * them using 'etc-update' please. Maintaining current configs for portage > > > * and other system packages is fairly important for the continued health > > > * of your system. > > > End Quote: > > > > > > > > > So would the correct thing to do in this (Specific) case, being inside the /etc > > > directory, > too: > > > > > > 1) > > > bash-2.05b# cp ._cfg0000_make.globals make.globals > > > > > > 2) > > > bash-2.05b# rm ._cfg0000_make.globals > > Yes, if you have never edited a config file and now you have to > merge in new changes then usually what you want to do is just take > the update. And etc-update has an option for doing this. > > > > Now my other question is: > > > > > > Assuming that this were the only file that had differences (hypothectically > > > speaking), WHAT, > if > > > anything do I need to do to next to let Gentoo know I've made the changes > > > manually instead > of > > > using "etc-update"? Again, correct my thinking of this where you see fit...if it > > > fits.. :P > > Removing the ._cfg file is enough to make portage forget about it, I > think. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
