On Saturday 30 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: > > > # etc-update > > > [...] > > > File: /etc/portage/._cfg0000_package.use > > > [...] > > > What is it about? > > > > No, I didn't see it, but it looks like some package moved to another > > category or got renamed so portage patched package.use for you. > > That's exactly what happened. > > > Try > > dispatch-config, preferably with vimdiff and perhaps RCS support, it > > makes maintaining your config so much easier than etc-update. > > I used dispatch-config for years, but have now switched to conf-update > after Alan recommended it.
I also used dispatch-config when it first came out, but I think it was still in beta at the time. A couple of times it messed up my files when I tried to manually merge them. Eventually, I decided to go back to etc-update which would manually merge files without problem. I tried it again now and unlike etc-update it nicely shows the differences: =============================================== --- /etc/portage/package.use 2008-08-22 07:57:52.000000000 +0100 +++ /etc/portage/._cfg0000_package.use 2008-08-28 06:06:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ media-gfx/splashutils fbcondecor net-im/pidgin sasl gtk net-dialup/ppp gtk -app-emulation/virtualbox additions +app-emulation/virtualbox-ose additions www-client/mozilla-firefox moznopango media-video/vlc cdda libnotify vlm wxwindows xosd net-www/mplayerplug-in gtk >> (1 of 1) -- /etc/portage/package.use >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge: =============================================== Thank you. -- Regards, Mick
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