[Discussion about etc-update (and friends) changing something that was set by the user]
I believe there is a misunderstanding. Perhaps what the OP is noting is that etc-update gives you diffs between * The file as on your system (which may have user changes) * The file as in the current emerge of this package I believe he would prefer to know the difference * The file as in the previous emerge of this package * The file as in the current emerge of this package Then he would decide what to do with these changes. I use etc-update but I believe that dispatch-conf can keep an RCS revision history. This should help determine the desired difference. I apologize if it is I who have misunderstood the conversation and am increasing the confusion. allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
