Thanks a lot!
Well, I did make my experimences and lost my configurations. And happily 
reconstructed the original files!


L�rdag den 11. oktober 2003 20:41 skrev Ernie Schroder:
> On Saturday 11 October 2003 04:25 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > Run etc-update.
> >
> > On Saturday 11 October 2003 18:15, you wrote:
> > > I get this message
> > >
> > >  * IMPORTANT: 2 config files in /etc need updating.  * Type
> > > emerge --help config to learn how to update config files.
> > >
> > > after having emerged new programs.
> > > How can I know which files to update and with what?
> >
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> RUN etc-update WITH CAUTION!!!
> when you, as root run "etc-update" you will get a list of
> configuration files that can be updated. You then type the
> coresponding number of the file you want to consider. You will now
> see a comparison of your old file and the new one. You now get the
> option to accept the update or discard it. DO NOT blindly accept the
> update! If you've edited this file in any way, your changes will be
> lost. Files to be especially warry of include but are not limited to
> /etc/fstab, /etc/X11/XF86Config, and /etc/make.conf. If you were to
> blindly accept an update to /etc/fstab, your machine would be
> unbootable, to XF86Config, you'd not be able to restart X, and to
> make .conf, portage would break. This has happened to many of us and
> will continue, I suppose, but at least you've been warned.

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