Re: [gentoo-user] etc-update

[Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca>]

060626 Sean wrote:
> What is the best way to handle the files
> that etc-update states needs to be updated?

You provoked a bit of a debate (smile), but in case it's still not clear,
I've long used Etc-update with Gvim as defined in  /etc/etc-update.conf :

  # pager for use with diff commands (see NOTE_2)
  # pager="less"
  pager=""

  # diff_command="vim -d %file1 %file2"
  # diff_command="diff -uN %file1 %file2"
  # using_editor=0
  diff_command="gvim -d %file1 %file2"
  using_editor=1

  # vim-users: don't use vimdiff for merging (see NOTE_1)
  merge_command="sdiff -s -o %merged %orig %new"

Even if you're not normally a Vim user, this shows the diffs very clearly
& allows you to copy your personal changes from old to new versions.

Generally, always go through all the etc-updates & keep back-ups of  /etc .

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