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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved
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Walter Dnes wrote:

>   I think there's a mis-understanding here.  Gerhard and I are
> complaining about config files being possibly *OVERWRITTEN* with default
> settings.  If there's no config file, sure write the default config
> file.  But if someone has customized a config file, assume that they
> know what they're doing, and leave settings alone.

And that's what's currently happening - the settings are left
alone, *UNLESS* you make etc-update overwrite your original
file. But generally, the files are *NOT* touched.

Alexander Skwar
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