You can also run diff old new | more to see what and how many changes there are.
An automated updater would be nice but would probably introduce more problems than it would fix as it destroyed files. One thing I haven't figured out is why files like /etc/fstab and /etc/hosts are included in the updates. After all they are almost always updated by people and you definitely DO NOT want to update them with a new merge!
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:49:56 -0700 (PDT) Joshua Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just fishing here..+ acouple of questions.
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"My Goal" in this posting:
Is to learn how-to correctly manually update the files without the use of "ect-update".
How to do this correctly, I'm unsure of so far.
Being new I want to take the time to manually diff each file to see what the differences are of
which I know how to do,(using "diff" at its most basic level that-is) and is good practice for me
to get used to using "diff" as well as looking at the contents of these files to be more familiar
with my Gentoo surroundings/environment. I figure, if I know how to manually update the needed
files, VERSUS using "etc-update", that this will make my Gentoo experience that much more
fullfilling/enlightened, so to say..
Please correct my thinking where you see fit. :P
So with that being said, this is where I'm at so far:
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I ran, bash-2.05b# emerge -uD system
After this runs for a few hours, (dialup,:P,), I get back:
* Regenerating GNU info directory index...
* Processed 56 info files.
* IMPORTANT: 25 config files in /etc need updating.
* Type emerge --help config to learn how to update config files.
After looking at the info in "emerge --help config" I run,
bash-2.05b# find /etc -iname '._cfg????_*' /etc/._cfg0000_inputrc /etc/._cfg0000_rc.conf /etc/._cfg0000_make.conf /etc/._cfg0000_make.globals /etc/._cfg0000_DIR_COLORS /etc/conf.d/._cfg0000_net /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_consolefont /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_checkfs /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_domainname /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_keymaps /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_net.eth0 /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_modules /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_clock /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_hdparm /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_bootmisc /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_halt.sh /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_serial /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_checkroot /etc/._cfg0000_services /etc/._cfg0000_fstab /etc/._cfg0000_group /etc/._cfg0000_hosts /etc/._cfg0000_issue /etc/._cfg0000_dispatch-conf.conf /etc/._cfg0000_shells
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Now, this is where my questions come in.
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.
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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.)
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For example:
bash-2.05b# diff make.globals ._cfg0000_make.globals
3c3
< # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/portage/cnf/make.globals,v 1.48 2003/07/17 04:46:52 carpaski
Exp $
---# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/portage/cnf/make.globals,v 1.49 2003/08/21 01:01:26 carpaskiExp $ 44c44 < FEATURES="sandbox ccache" ---FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs"51c51 < USE_EXPAND="VIDEO_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES" ---USE_EXPAND="VIDEO_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES LINGUAS"
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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
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
Thanks, Joshua Banks
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