Re: [gentoo-user] tools currently available for update of etc files after updates

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Samstag 15 November 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Freitag, 14. November 2008 17:14:03 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
> > On Freitag 14 November 2008, Harry Putnam wrote:
> > > I remember discussion of one or more fairly new tools designed to ease
> > > the update of etc files following updates.
> > >
> > > Can anyone say what tools are currently available.
> >
> > cfg-update makes updates REALLY easy and comfortable.
>
> Yep, and it gives the possibility to use your favorite diff/merge tool
> (diff, kdiff3, vimdiff, emacs, xxdiff, etc.). With the right choice it even
> supports automatik (3-way) merging, reducing manual intervention to a
> minimum.
>
> IMHO the best tool for the job.
>
> Bye...
>
> 	Dirk

the automatic merging is so sweet. Not to have hunt around in config files to 
rescue all your settings - cfg-update takes care of it - and it does that very 
well. I haven't had a butchered config since I started cfg-update a long time 
ago. It sometimes asks when the changes are too big. I like that.