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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!!
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 18:15:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221026181520.537b7104@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84d6e3ed-2bd8-720b-b158-eb2cd534fe39@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net>

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On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:21:06 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote:

> > dispatch-conf even gives you the opportunity to edit it before 
> > applying.  
> 
> Yep.
> 
> I almost always reject the changes suggested on config files that I've 
> modified and accept them on files that I've not modified.
> 
> I really do wish that there was a better way to manage this, likely 
> involving diffs / deltas.  E.g. what changed between the N distribution 
> file and the N+1 distribution file.  Can that same change be safely 
> applied to the N' distribution file to create the N'+1 file?

conf-update allows you to merge the new and old files, prompting you to
pick which to use on each differing section, with a further option to
edit the lines. That way you can keep your changed lines but still add
lines relating to new config options.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Top Oxymorons Number 36: Alone together

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-26 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-26  2:34 [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!! Walter Dnes
2022-10-26  3:04 ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26  3:15   ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26  3:34     ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26  3:40       ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26  3:44     ` Matt Connell
2022-10-26 16:21       ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 17:15         ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2022-10-26 17:31           ` Rich Freeman
2022-10-26 20:17             ` Dale
2022-10-26 21:26               ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2022-10-26 22:44                 ` Dale
2022-10-27  1:23                   ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-27  3:01                     ` Dale
2022-10-27  7:55                       ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-27  7:59                         ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 23:55                 ` Rich Freeman
2022-10-26  6:31   ` [gentoo-user] " Walter Dnes
2022-10-26  7:42     ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 11:31       ` Rich Freeman
2022-10-26 14:41         ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 16:52       ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 17:12         ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2022-10-26 17:54           ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 18:04         ` [gentoo-user] " Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 18:22           ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 19:28             ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 20:08               ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 20:17                 ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 21:13                   ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 21:29                     ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 21:48               ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 23:06                 ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-27  1:27                   ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-27  1:47                     ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-27  7:53                       ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 18:35           ` Jack
2022-10-26 18:38             ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 20:06               ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 21:27                 ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 21:30                   ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 19:31             ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 19:26           ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 18:04         ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 16:38     ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26  3:12 ` Matt Connell
2022-10-26  4:00 ` Anna “CyberTailor”

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