From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5275 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 11:23:20 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 10 Aug 2004 11:23:20 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BuUit-0000zW-Oy for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:23:19 +0000 Received: (qmail 32028 invoked by uid 89); 10 Aug 2004 11:23:19 +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 20654 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 11:23:18 +0000 From: "Joerg Hoh" Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:23:19 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040810112318.GA1912@hydra.joerghoh.de> Mail-Followup-To: Joerg Hoh , gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20040810104326.GB22751@hydra.joerghoh.de> <200408101156.17481.mike@gaima.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408101156.17481.mike@gaima.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: extension of etc-update X-Archives-Salt: 9f2d8df4-fe3a-4119-a4f0-805c0ef836f0 X-Archives-Hash: ea8dc85fd06516f632d84d00e2759892 --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:56:16AM +0100, Mike Williams wrote: >=20 > Basic premise, as I remember, is that when portage merges a new version i= t=20 > purposely doesn't overwrite files CONFIG_PROTECT'd, but really it should = look=20 > for the file in /var/db/pkg, check the md5sums, and if the same overwrite= it. the problem is the large number of files CONFIG_PROTECT'd ...=20 > > Another extension would be versioning of configuration files via cvs/rc= s, > > subversion or arch. But I had to do some more work on that ... >=20 > dispatch-conf does basic backing up before overwriting. That seems to be the right thing (according to the manpage), but I haven't heard of it yet. The documentation mentions only etc-update. Does dispatch-conf also handles the update of unchanged configs? Joerg --=20 Fachbegriffe der Informatik (Nr 366): Powerpoint - Transportmittel f=FCr mindestens 50% der E-Mails eines Unternehmens. Die Inhalte sind =FCberwiegend mit humoristischem Anspruch. Ein kleiner Teil ist ernst gemeint und erinnert an die letzten Zusammentreffen innerhalb der Firma/des Konzerns, da wo man so sch=F6n Kaffee trinken und =FCber Gott und= die Welt erz=E4hlen kann.=20 Holger Marzen --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBGLAm6xdMID018FIRAjuSAJ9WcWvq07rXx3wnexrSqkdXj1g5hgCfbUck ho4b133uV20nIOTzbIvYZ3U= =w6c0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J--