From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10384 invoked by uid 1002); 6 Jan 2003 06:41:28 -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 29657 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2003 06:41:28 -0000 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:40:39 -0800 From: Joseph Carter To: Brian Jackson Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030106064039.GB8321@bluecherry.net> References: <33052.192.168.0.8.1041817268.squirrel@webmail.codewordt.co.uk> <20030106022740.4276.qmail@escalade.vistahp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RASg3xLB4tUQ4RcS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030106022740.4276.qmail@escalade.vistahp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux galen.bluecherry.net 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 X-No-Junk-Mail: Spam will solicit a hostile reaction, at the very least. Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: etc-update & ._cfg* files: major issue with gentoo? X-Archives-Salt: 6d292d4d-b9ef-48a9-819f-3e656904d19f X-Archives-Hash: b344f62b5c15bdc1df66db5ed06d433f --RASg3xLB4tUQ4RcS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 > email. So, being the good sysadmin I am, I wrote a script that has simila= r=20 > functionality. I have actually been getting it ready to release for the= =20 > past week or 2. I put it up at http://www.mdrx.com/brian/ It finds all th= e=20 > rogue ._cfg* files and diff's them against the real cfg file and displays= =20 > the diff's. Let me know if you find any problems with it. Also let me kno= w=20 > if you would like to see any other features.=20 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 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 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. --=20 Joseph Carter Hey, that's MY freak show! =20 The deafening silence taught me not to ask a bunch of geeks for advice from their girlfriends --RASg3xLB4tUQ4RcS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: 1024D/DCF9DAB3 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 iEYEARECAAYFAj4ZJOcACgkQj/fXo9z52rNa9QCfaEc0mEQQHmgsRVstRBcXdVvT +1wAn2K/c+QMrvpuMpGDKMqNxLCh/aff =GKB5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RASg3xLB4tUQ4RcS--