Subject: Re: Methods for managing etc files.
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Date: 2003-01-23 18:15:09 GMT (6 years, 23 weeks, 2 days, 13 hours and 18 minutes ago)
Jeff Kowing said: > > I was interested in any methods or techniques that gentoo folks have found > useful in helping to manage their /etc configuration files. etc-update > > One particular problem I have is when I do an update that affects lots of > /etc files. After the emerge I have lots of ._cfg* files to go through. > I know there is no magical method, but I was > looking for some way to do something like the following: > > 1. Auto replace all /etc files that I have not personally modified > with the new ._cfg* file. > > 2. Do the usual ._cfg* thing when I have previously modified the > original /etc file. Then, as normal, at my convenience I can use > etc-update and/or my favorite merge tool to take care of those. > > I know there are merge tools that could detect this sort of thing > based upon the ancestor version of the /etc file. Or, I imagine there are > fairly straight forward ways to make a list before the emerge of which > /etc/ files have been modified and and which have not. That list could > then be used by another script after the emerge to decide which /etc files > may be automatically replaced. > > But before I try doing this sort of thing, maybe someone already has done > this? > > (By the way, I know about CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK, but, I > don't really see how they could achieve what I'm looking for. > Besides, I believe they only operate on directories rather than > invidual files). > > Thanks for any advice. > > -- > Jeff Kowing > jeffrey.d.kowing <at> nasa.gov > > -- > gentoo-dev <at> gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-dev <at> gentoo.org mailing list