Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulty with updating /etc/basb/bashrc

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On 15/06/2024 21:10, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> Why didn't you keep a copy of the old file?

> Because that's one of the itsy-bitsy routine things that ought to be
> automatic, not something that each user should have to think out for
> himself.

Dunno which update tool it is, but istr there is a tool that does 
exactly that ...
> 
> It turns out I actually had the old file in /etc/config-archive all
> along.  It's a shame dispatch-conf and friends don't do an automatic
> 3-way merge.  This would make things so much simpler and less stressful.

Until it gets it wrong. Which is exactly why it doesn't. Which is why 
git doesn't. Which is why pretty much all tools don't. If they can 
figure it out they do, but they don't charge ahead regardless.

Cheers,
Wol