From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QRY3A-0008Iw-JI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 23:08:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 135FB1C0BE; Tue, 31 May 2011 23:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA8D1C187 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 23:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B00F580440 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:05:19 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:05:13 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files Message-ID: <20110601000513.24c6edc3@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110531234359.4cd16dd7@karnak.local> References: <20110531234359.4cd16dd7@karnak.local> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9cvs24 (GTK+ 2.24.3; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/9Edx+X3pFR2Zjr6vArgLo.b"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: eb50d6557826c47888fba6a86eec5841 --Sig_/9Edx+X3pFR2Zjr6vArgLo.b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 31 May 2011 23:43:59 +0100, David W Noon wrote: > Remember that I am writing purely about *unmerged* packages. In the > case of a rebuild or upgrade, customizations would be preserved just > as they are now. Sometimes it is necessary to unmerge a package before emerging a newer version, either manually or by portage, to resolve blockers. Making unmerge remove all config files would cause breakage in such a case. There's a reason why the CONFIG_PROTECT variable is so named. --=20 Neil Bothwick Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. --Sig_/9Edx+X3pFR2Zjr6vArgLo.b Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk3ldC4ACgkQum4al0N1GQOV4ACfeTaA4mM73LT/A7Kaju4cG/pY 3kAAoMfQyXZ9Wyimpw6fvTcMxOZeS1M4 =uesS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/9Edx+X3pFR2Zjr6vArgLo.b--