Hi, why still using RCS for version control when there's git? :-)
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mick wrote: >> >> 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. >> > > I still use etc-update too. I keep backups of my /etc just in case. I need > to check into conf-update tho. May be interesting. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
