Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: etc-update & ._cfg* files: major issue with gentoo?

[Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@efn.org>]

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On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 08:27:40PM -0600, Brian Jackson wrote:
> I didn't even know about etc-update until I saw you mention it in your 
> email. So, being the good sysadmin I am, I wrote a script that has similar 
> functionality. I have actually been getting it ready to release for the 
> past week or 2. I put it up at http://www.mdrx.com/brian/ It finds all the 
> rogue ._cfg* files and diff's them against the real cfg file and displays 
> the diff's. Let me know if you find any problems with it. Also let me know 
> if you would like to see any other features. 

I personally wish etc-update were more along the lines of giving me a
diff3-style merge loaded into $VISUAL for me to tweak as I see fit, and
call that good enough.

diff3 output is what a conflict looks like in CVS, ie

  <<<<< local
  stuff here
  =====
  new stuff here
  >>>>> Gentoo

This is much easier to work with than sdiff unless you are really
comfortable with side-by-side diffs.  I never was.

-- 
Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@efn.org>                Hey, that's MY freak show!
 
The deafening silence taught me not to ask a bunch of geeks for advice
from their girlfriends


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