I tried "dispatch-conf" and "etc-update". Here are two major differences from my tool:
1. For desktop user, my tool will invoke GUI based "kdiff3" to do diff and merge files if the user installed the "kdiff3". And for remote login user or the user without "kdiff3", the tool will just get the normal text-base diff. 2. My tool can override multiple config files in batch mode. Although this is dangerous, sometime it's useful and not so nagging. Best Regards, Song Ma 2008/12/4 Song Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks guys. I didn't realize there are such tools existed already. > > 2008/12/4 Cheng Renquan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Song Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > With Gentoo if the user runs "emerge --update --newuse --deep world", >> the >> > config file under "/etc" may be updated and get the new config file >> named as >> > "._cfg0000_xxxx", for example, "._cfg0000_ntp.conf". Normally I will >> > compare this newly updated config file with my existing one, then decide >> if >> > I am going to override the existing one with new one or discard the new >> one >> > since I must keep my existing setting. It is not very efficient to do >> these >> > actions with command lines such as "diff", "cp" or "mv" one by one. I >> wrote >> > a tool with text menu to help Gentoo user compare and copy new the new >> > config file conveniently. Does anyone have interest about it? What >> should I >> > do if I want to make it open source and maintain it for Gentoo users? >> >> Why not use dispatch-conf ? >> >> > >> > A screen shot for the tool use: >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheng Renquan, Shenzhen, China >> Bob Dole - "The internet is a great way to get on the net." >> >> >
