From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G0P6Q-0007kT-Sf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:45:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6BKgLNU008047; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:42:21 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6BKX7vt005702 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:33:07 GMT Received: from localhost.localdomain (ool-4578dd70.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.221.112]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6BKX6O4022159 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:33:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id 05F1C31D; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:33:02 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved References: <44AEB475.8000702@maestroprogramador.com> <20060711110506.GC6816@waltdnes.org> <342e1090607110935w6afc6525x1461a585824bc273@mail.gmail.com> <200607112107.42587@frappe.xs4all.nl> <44B40254.7030301@mid.email-server.info> From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:33:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <44B40254.7030301@mid.email-server.info> (Alexander Skwar's message of "Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:56:04 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 49e610e2-ecc0-4698-90f8-b521b15a4473 X-Archives-Hash: c50d9f64fc908e505b7c33089d148a93 [Discussion about etc-update (and friends) changing something that was set by the user] I believe there is a misunderstanding. Perhaps what the OP is noting is that etc-update gives you diffs between * The file as on your system (which may have user changes) * The file as in the current emerge of this package I believe he would prefer to know the difference * The file as in the previous emerge of this package * The file as in the current emerge of this package Then he would decide what to do with these changes. I use etc-update but I believe that dispatch-conf can keep an RCS revision history. This should help determine the desired difference. I apologize if it is I who have misunderstood the conversation and am increasing the confusion. allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list