On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:26 AM Walter Dnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now that the (no)multilib problem in my latest update has been solved, > I have a somewhat minor complaint. Can I get etc-update to skip certain > files? My latest emerge world wanted to "update"... > > 1) /etc/hosts (1) > 2) /etc/inittab (1) > 3) /etc/mtab (1) > 4) /etc/conf.d/consolefont (1) > 5) /etc/conf.d/hwclock (1) > 6) /etc/default/grub (1) > 7) /etc/ssh/sshd_config (1) > > ...hosts is critical for networking. consolefont allows me tp use the > true text console with a readable font, etc, etc. I have my reasons > for making certain settings, and keeping them that way. > In my experience with all distros I go outside the distro for this sort of issue. Put a copy somewhere, white a little script that does a diff on the files you feel are important enough and run a cron job hourly that looks for any differences.
HTH, Mark
