On Tuesday 11 September 2007 16:53:58 Gary Rickert wrote:
> A quick question / addition to this.

It's not exactly related. In the future start a new thread instead and please 
don't top-post..

> When I am finished with an update I usually run etc-update. I was told last
> week that this has been phased out and dispatch-conf is better to use. 

Whoever told you that is just wrong.

> What is the difference? 

Read it in the handbook..

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=4

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Bo Andresen