I implemented this feature in Entropy long time ago (2009 iirc) and
enabled it by default as well.
We never had a single issue. Users seem quite happy about it.
So yeah, go for it!
--
Fabio Erculiani
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
have not been modified since they were installed.
+1 very good idea
The best thing about it is not having to worry about missing an important
change in a file I DO change, due to all the noise
On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
have not been modified since they were installed.
+1 very good idea
Hmm, does that mean that when a default changes in (or some new setting
is
On 16-05-2012 12:36:03 +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
have not been modified since they were installed.
+1 very good idea
Hmm, does that mean
El mié, 16-05-2012 a las 11:42 +0200, Fabian Groffen escribió:
On 16-05-2012 12:36:03 +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
have not been modified since
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Eray Aslan e...@gentoo.org wrote:
On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
have not been modified since they were installed.
+1 very good idea
Hmm,
On 2012-05-16 12:56 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote:
Generally, several PMS (I think apt does it as well) make this assumption:
if config file C owned by package P has never been modified, meaning
that md5 or whatever is the same, the old C of P was fine, so is the
new C.
Yep, and I always thought
On 16-05-2012 11:48:20 +0200, Pacho Ramos wrote:
El mié, 16-05-2012 a las 11:42 +0200, Fabian Groffen escribió:
On 16-05-2012 12:36:03 +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
On 2012-05-16 12:13 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Fabio Erculiani lx...@gentoo.org wrote:
I implemented this feature in Entropy long time ago (2009 iirc) and
enabled it by default as well.
We never had a single issue. Users seem quite happy about it.
This is also the default behavior with the cfg-update
Zac Medico posted on Tue, 15 May 2012 15:24:53 -0700 as excerpted:
Hi,
In case you aren't familiar with it, here's the description from the
make.conf(5) man page:
This causes the CONFIG_PROTECT behavior to be skipped for files that
have not been modified since they were installed.
10 matches
Mail list logo
