[gentoo-user] quickpkg nice-to-have

[gentoo-user] quickpkg nice-to-have

[n952162]

It sure would be nice if quickpkg would at least save config files by
default, like to inittab.saved, for when you forget to supply
--include-unmodified-config

empty file because --include-config=n when 'quickpkg' was used.

If the installation can test if the target config file is modified, then
it could go ahead and save it at the same time.

Re: [gentoo-user] quickpkg nice-to-have

[n952162]

On 6/3/21 3:14 PM, n952162 wrote:
> It sure would be nice if quickpkg would at least save config files by
> default, like to inittab.saved, for when you forget to supply
> --include-unmodified-config
>
> empty file because --include-config=n when 'quickpkg' was used.
>
> If the installation can test if the target config file is modified, then
> it could go ahead and save it at the same time.
>
>

I this case, I copied /etc/inittab from the host

Re: [gentoo-user] quickpkg nice-to-have

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 15:14:31 +0200, n952162 wrote:

> It sure would be nice if quickpkg would at least save config files by
> default, like to inittab.saved, for when you forget to supply
> --include-unmodified-config
> 
> empty file because --include-config=n when 'quickpkg' was used.

alias quickpkg='quickpkg --include-unmodified-config=y' ;-)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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Re: [gentoo-user] quickpkg nice-to-have

[n952162]

On 6/3/21 4:52 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 15:14:31 +0200, n952162 wrote:
>
>> It sure would be nice if quickpkg would at least save config files by
>> default, like to inittab.saved, for when you forget to supply
>> --include-unmodified-config
>>
>> empty file because --include-config=n when 'quickpkg' was used.
> alias quickpkg='quickpkg --include-unmodified-config=y' ;-)
>
>
yeah, that's a good idea.  But I think my suggestion is also good.

The problem with such cover-my-ass aliases is they're never there when
you need them - and dependent on them.

Re: [gentoo-user] quickpkg nice-to-have

[Matt Connell (Gmail)]

On Thu, 2021-06-03 at 16:58 +0200, n952162 wrote:
> On 6/3/21 4:52 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > 
> > alias quickpkg='quickpkg --include-unmodified-config=y' ;-)
> > 
> > 
> yeah, that's a good idea.  But I think my suggestion is also good.
> 
> The problem with such cover-my-ass aliases is they're never there when
> you need them - and dependent on them.

This is why I keep my bashrc in a git repository and just deploy it
onto any machine I have to manage, because I also rely quite heavily on
aliases, functions, et cetera.