On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 22:21:37 -0400, Justin Hart wrote: > Yeah, I have to echo that I rather dislike the config file system in > portage. It would be nice if there was an alternative to etc-update,
There is, dispatch-conf. Unlike etc-update, it will keep a backup of your old config files before overwriting them. It also lacks the -5 self-destruct option. > or something configurable to just copy in relevant sections, or cross > reference them. etc-update can already do this, see the using_editor section of the config file. If you are running a desktop, you can use meld or xxdiff as the editor. -- Neil Bothwick Fer sail cheep, Windows spel chekcer, wurks grate
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