Bug 12423 – Mention etc-update in `emerge --help config`

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Throstur Svanbergsson 2002-12-18 19:20:35 UTC]

Now that etc-update is a part of portage, it would be nice to add a hint about it into the  
`emerge --help config` message.

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2002-12-18 23:26:55 UTC]

etc-update does have its own manpage

[Comment 2 Throstur Svanbergsson 2002-12-19 04:12:10 UTC]

yes, what I meant was to add a one-liner to the `emerge --help config` output
that just mentions the 
existance of etc-update and suggests to look at the man 
page for it

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2003-01-23 16:45:25 UTC]

Created attachment 7592 [details, diff]
emergehelp.py.patch

--- emergehelp.py.orig	2003-01-23 17:41:57.000000000 -0500
+++ emergehelp.py	2003-01-23 17:42:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@
 
 CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/wget /etc/rc.d"
 
+Or, for you people who want a utility to do this all for you, examine the
+helper program, etc-update.  Just run `etc-update` or review the man page.
 """
		print outstuff

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2003-01-23 16:46:06 UTC]

nick: review the really tiny patch in the attachement ;)

[Comment 5 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) 2003-02-17 06:25:28 UTC]

added