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? > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > 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. -- Venlig hilsen / Greetings from Claus L. Wilson, Linux mdk91 Sdr. Boulevard 226, st.tv 5000 Odense C tlf. 66191050 / mob. 61665543 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
