Bug 6375

Summary:	Automatically replace untouched files in /etc/
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	SpanKY <vapier>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	mholzer
Priority:	High
Version:	2.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	2765

Description SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-08-12 14:14:45 UTC

since the md5sums of the original files are recorded in /var/db/pkg/, it is 
kind of trivial to see if the md5sum's of the files in /etc/ match the md5sum 
of the file when first placed in /etc/

i never touch certain files such as /etc/devfsd.conf or /etc/inputrc, and if 
newer versions are put out, i replace the old ones without a second thought.

i guess since some people would not like this idea, a variable could be created 
that would be placed into FEATURES in /etc/make.globals
'autoetc' or something ... i cant think of a short name to describe this ;)

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-09-14 23:48:18 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 4709 ***