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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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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