On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:33:46AM -0400, brett holcomb wrote: > If you blindly say update it then etc-update sure will > mess it up. Every update that etc-update has wanted to do > has wanted to replace my /dev/... with /dev/BOOT and take > out my stuff and that would sure hose the system. Other > than running it through an editor manually I don't know of > anyway to let etc-update do it. I suppose you could try > an interactive update but for files like fstab I'll do it > by hadn.
As I said, you've got to pay attention - it's not a no-brainer. etc-update lets you review each part of the patch and choose to do hand-patching on the pieces that need it. Even for files like /etc/fstab that require attention, it's less work (IMHO) than pulling both old and new versions into editors and eyeballing every one of the changes. Nathan Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:11:24 -0400 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:00:59AM -0400, brett holcomb > >wrote: > >>Well, if you use etc-update on files like /etc/fstab > >>your > >>system will break. Also, when you modify your make.conf > >>file you don't want it overwritten mindlessly. If you > >>notice etc-update will remove all your changes. > > > >etc-update won't break /etc/fstab if you pay attention to > >what you're > >doing. > > > >The etc-update interface takes some getting used to... I > >made a mess > >the first time I tried it - so it's a good idea to save > >the files you're > >updating before you start. But once you get the hang of > >using it, it's > >a lot less trouble than doing it by hand. > > > >Nathan Meyers > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > >>On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 02:42:59 -0400 > >> Ben Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>why not use etc-update? seems to save much hassle and > >>>time for me. > >>> > >>> > >>>On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 02:30, Joshua Banks wrote: > >>>>Come-on... No fish in the Gentoo pond..tonight > >> > >> > >>-- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
