On 8/31/05, Jerry Turba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help. I will try using Marks rules and start > using dispatch-conf to be able to roll back any changes that don't seem > to work. > Jerry >
Darn, that's scary! OK, if you're gonna follow someone as blind as me le me expand these a bit so that I can say I really tried... > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > >My rules are: > > > >1) The update was put there for a reason. > > > >2) If it's a file in /etc/initd then I update it automatically. This rule is still true. I am not a programmer and will never edit an init script. For me these are 100% updated ASAP. > > > >3) If it's a file in /etc/conf.d then I update it very carefully. This rule is true but needs some expanding on. We all edit a few /etc/conf.d files, for hostname, rc for whether to use a tarball or not, etc. I know the 5 or 6 that I edit. If the etc-update is for one of those files then I generally go very carefully. Mostly I'll let etc-update do it's thing, but I look very carefully at all changes, and then I go back and redo my edit by hand if it's necessary when etc-update is done. However, today I did an emerge and etc-update wanted to do something to /etc/conf.d/spam. Since I know I do not edit that file I just let it do the update. No problem. > > > >4) If it's a file in /etc/, /etc/X11, or elsewhere the I update it > >very carefully but possibly not right now. This rule is still true. My experience is that xorg.conf is often more heavily modified by me so I don't want that getting changed. I will often make a copy of my current file and then let etc-update do it's thing and then go back and redo my work by hand again. It's tedious, and I know that many others would think it strange what I do, but seems to be the safest for me. > > > >5) Anything else, I go slow. Maybe I look for messages from others on > >this list having problems before I do something. Still true unless it looks like a file that I consider system oriented in which case I just let it happen and hope for the best. Linux is a tool for me. I don't do system stuff myself so if the devs want it changed let it change. > > > >My experience is that rules 2 & 3 account for 80-90% of the updates. > > Hope this helps. Good luck, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
