Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 09:28:27 -0600, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> I didn't pay attention to it as my scanner was already configured. >> What it didn't tell me that the upgrade emptied my configuration file: >> /opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg >> >> It is not a Gentoo like behaviour. If there are any changes need to be >> made it should be done via: cfgupdate etc. style; not just wipe the >> configuration file. > It was overwritten because that directory is not part of CONFIG_PROTECT, > hardly surprising as that is not a standard configuration location. If > the device can't be configured from a file in /etc the ebuild needs to > back up the configuration before installing the new version, so file a > bug with the overlay. > >
Couldn't that location be added in make.conf? As you pointed out, it shouldn't be there but since it is, maybe protection can be added to prevent future issues. Dale :-) :-)
