Gerhard Hoogterp schrieb:
> I think there's a mis-understanding here. Gerhard and I are
> complaining about config files being possibly *OVERWRITTEN* with default
> settings. If there's no config file, sure write the default config
> file. But if someone has customized a config file, assume that they
> know what they're doing, and leave settings alone.
That only happens if YOU do it. No config file is EVER changed without
your permission by portage, if it does not exist, a default is copied,
but if there's already one, no.
Sure and if Ihad lots of time I would do an emerge world every day just to
check a few files. Regretfully, with 5 servers, some 28 websites and some
other work too I don't have that daily time. So when I update my system I
have to go through pages full of diffs, checking every diff to see if,
besides all the settings returning to default, there are also changes that I
should be aware off.
Maybe you should also be aware of changed defaults.
A wrong key is easily pressed and there you go..
...to get your backup. What's the problem? You *DO* have backups,
don't you? It would be quite irresponsible to NOT have backups. But
who am I telling that.
And why? Yes I changed my settings and yes etc-update or dispatch-conf show me
carefully every moved point or comma. Thanks, but I know I changed those and
I did that on purpose. Untouched files are already on auto-pilot.
The "auto-pilot" *MIGHT* be bad as well. Maybe a default was changed
and the user wants to keep the old default. With an auto-pilot, that's
quite hard. But you know that, don't you?
Show me what is added or removed.
And please also, what's *CHANGED*.
And since it can only do that by comparing
the new file to a clean, untouched, original file I innocently suggested to
have such a file, make changes there and leave it up to the admin to check if
settings are added or removed and deal with these changes in the active
config file.. And in that case don't bother showing the diff.. just tell me
which files have changed and *offer* to show the changes.
You *ARE* offered to see the changes. NOTHING's forcing you to see
the changes. When you run etc-update, you've got the option to enter
"1", "2", "42" to see those changed configuration files.
But don't touch my active configes.. not automatically, not ever..
Okay, so you're fine with etc-update, you say?
Alexander Skwar
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