Bug 120948 – Update ALL configuration files?

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Matej Stepanek 2006-01-30 08:06:23 UTC]

emerge sync says
" 
 * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended
 * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated.
 * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files.
"

Wasn't meant updating all files for which update is available? It's
not clear to me how I can update those of my configuration files for
which no update is available.

If it was meant this way I suggest to replace "ALL of your configuration files"
with "ALL configuration files for which update is available by running etc-update and processing all entries."

[Comment 1 Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2006-01-30 08:09:19 UTC]

This message means that you need to run:
emerge -uav portage
before doing anything else.

[Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-01-30 08:14:47 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Wasn't meant updating all files for which update is available? 

No, it wasn't.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3

[Comment 3 Matej Stepanek 2006-01-31 01:27:55 UTC]

I suggest the URL pointing directly to documentation describing how to
"update ALL of your configuration files" to be added as a part of the
message produced by emerge sync. This will save some time to virtually
all Gentoo users and prevent them from making mistake that could bring
problems with their system.