From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5452 invoked by uid 1002); 7 Sep 2003 21:01:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 9909 invoked from network); 7 Sep 2003 21:01:32 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: Doug Weimer Cc: Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <1062967077.18118.47.camel@bling.tainted.mine.nu> References: <200309061848.54494.ellings@kcnet.com> <20030906235642.GA22596@cerberus.oppresses.us> <200309061926.08828.ellings@kcnet.com> <1062896271.20020.28.camel@vertigo> <1062904114.8455.62.camel@nosferatu.lan> <1062952988.27390.12.camel@vertigo> <1062955665.8455.137.camel@nosferatu.lan> <1062967077.18118.47.camel@bling.tainted.mine.nu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-NcUnSmc0jB6j/b6MxpmY" Message-Id: <1062968691.8455.206.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 23:04:51 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions X-Archives-Salt: 058435cd-e081-413d-87a9-1c61e35665db X-Archives-Hash: 54f0e04366eab849a74bc371aadb71f0 --=-NcUnSmc0jB6j/b6MxpmY Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 22:37, Doug Weimer wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 10:27, Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > > As I posted in other mails - there are a few good reasons why we do > > things as we do, and the CONFIG_EXCLUDE might be a solution to the > > 'problem' (which in my opinion is still not CONFIG_PROTECT or 100% > > the comments in the config files, but rather the 'merge process needed > > for config files). >=20 > What about a modification to etc-update that allows portions of a file > to be protected? Something along the lines of: >=20 > #Instructional comments > #PROTECTED >=20 > CFLAGS=3D"..." >=20 > #/PROTECTED >=20 > Such tags and a method to auto-merge comment updates should eliminate a > lot of the superfluous config file merging. >=20 > Just a thought, >=20 Have a look at dispatch-conf (ok, so its new for me as well ;) --------------------------------------------- On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 22:21, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote:=20 > On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:41:56 +0100 (BST) > Phil Richards wrote: >=20 > > On 2003-09-06, Thomas de Grenier de Latour > > wrote: > > > Python replacement for etc-update: > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D14079 > >=20 > > Ok, read all that. Found out what it is meant to be. > > Didn't find the any hints about how to solve the error message. >=20 > You have to create a backup directory somewhere. Set its location in > "/etc/dispatch-conf.conf". (Default is /etc/config-archive, but I > personally use /var/backup/config). While you are in this conf file, you > should also decide whether you want the backup to be a collection of > files or a RCS repository. And you can choose the type of > automatic merges you want (I use automatic CVS header merge and > unmodified files auto-upgade).=20 >=20 > And then you're ready to go, "alias etc-update=3Ddispatch-conf" :) --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa --=-NcUnSmc0jB6j/b6MxpmY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQA/W51yqburzKaJYLYRAr4CAJisEkei1U6CKqPDXT8ieoA9Yk+mAKCP4OyO Cgfrq0ICguLcNZpOUT/1cQ== =F9Zi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-NcUnSmc0jB6j/b6MxpmY--