On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 18:28, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Thursday 20 November 2003 08:35 pm, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > 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.
You can't scold me. I had no way of knowing that key config files would be messed with without my knowledge. I haven't used a version of Linux between 1994 and now that would do that. -- Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
