Re: [gentoo-user] dispatch-conf spells disaster

["Justin Patrin" <papercrane@gmail.com>]

On 10/18/06, Justin Patrin <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/14/06, maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello group,
> >
> > As I expected it would, dispatch-conf
> > over-wrote/corrupted a lot of files without giving me
> > a chance to stop it. It left no log(file was empty)in
> > /var/log/dispatch-conf.log. or any record of its
> > passing that I can find.
> >
>
> Why did you expect this and, if you expected it, why didn't you take
> steps to back things up.
>
> dispatch-conf normally works just fine. Perhaps you set some incorrect
> options in your dispatch-conf conf file, such as auto-updating of all
> files. You also should have set up RCS backups of your conf files so
> that you can move back.
>

nm, looks like the FUD has been dealt with in further replies.

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Justin Patrin
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