On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:23:50 -0400, gottlieb@nyu.edu wrote:

> >> So I reinstalled cups but /etc/cups/cupd.conf was not changed and
> >> still has its old date and contents.  The merge looks clean (output
> >> below)  
> >
> > /etc/ is CONFIG_PROTECTed.  
> 
> This part I knew, but would have expected to hear that config files
> have new versions

You would if upgrading. But you are reinstalling the same version so
portage assumes you have already dealt with any config updates and don't
want to be bothered again. 

Remember when we had to go through loads of updates over again when
revdep-rebuild rebuilt a package with lots of config files. This avoids
that behaviour, --noconfmem brings it back.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing
as division.