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From: Fernando Canizo <conan@lugmen.org.ar>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Proposed option for etc-update
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El 27/ago/2005 a las 14:00 -0300, Alex me dec=EDa:
> Joe writes:
>=20
> > So I was thinking it would be nice to have a -B option for etc-update
> > which creates /somewhere/logical/etc.tar.gz before running etc-update.
> > Of course this wouldn't be complete without a --restore option which
> > overwrites the existing /etc with the last created etc.tar.gz thus gi=
ving
> > us goofs a unlimited amount of chances to get it right.
>=20
> > Any thoughts?
>=20
> Try dispatch-conf instead of etc-update. When use_rcs ist set to yes =20
> in /etc/dispatch-conf.conf, and rcs is emerged, you get a backup of =20
> each file.

Or he can set a subversion repository i he, like Khattri, doesn't like
dispatch-conf.

--=20
Fernando Canizo - http://www.lugmen.org.ar/~conan/
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	Why he stays in the bottle.
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