On Thursday 20 November 2003 08:35 pm,
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> Steve Withers wrote:
> > I've been steadily adding value to my USE= list......and was
> > surprised today to find that it now has only "dvd gtk2"...and all
> > the rest are gone.
>
> perhaps it was "cleaned up" by etc-update after an emerge of
> protage or base-layout (included in system)
>
> > I wish I had a backup of my make.conf......
>
> yes, that is a good idea
>
> Martin
>
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Steve,
The same sort of thing has happened to me and many others at one time
or another. Most of us have learned what files no to update blindly
after an emerge -u world. Many have developed backup strategies as
well. I have 2 backup plans in effect for my main box and certain
files on the web server. The server, of course has a backup of the
site and db's on another box plus cd backups are done as changes are
made. My main production box has a directory in my home dir called
/etc_backup. There, are copies of all configs that would really hurt
if lost. As well, I run a cron job that runs a nightly scrip that
does an rsync backup of all important files. Redundant? Yes,
probably. Crazy? nope I have 4 copies of make.conf.
Please don't take this wrong. I don't want to come off like I'm
scolding you. I speak from experience I blew off XF86Config,
make.conf and fstab in one fell swoop last February. Now that would
take 5 minutes to fix, then it was all day.
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