Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to protect *INDIVIDUAL FILES* against etc-update?

["Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

On 10/16/06, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> long will it take me to realize what's happened?  What I'm asking for is
> a way to pre-emptively tell etc-update not to bother me about certain
> files.  Zap the new version and keep the old.

cat > my_etcupdate.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash

EXCLUDE_FILES="/etc/conf.d/local.start
        /etc/conf.d/local.stop
        /etc/rc.conf
        "

for f in $EXCLUDE_FILES; do
        dn=`dirname $f`
        bn=`basename $f`
        rm -i "${dn}/._cfg[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_${bn}"
done

etc-update
EOF

Then just add whatever files are bothing you to EXCLUDE_FILES, and run
my_etcupdate.sh instead of etc-update.

Or as Bo suggested, create scripts on a per-package basis in
/etc/portage/env/cat-egory/package to remove the new configs after the
packages are merged.

-Richard
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