29428 – req - backup config files when etc-update modifies/replaces

Bug 29428 - req - backup config files when etc-update modifies/replaces

Summary: req - backup config files when etc-update modifies/replaces

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Unclassified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Reported:	2003-09-23 07:48 UTC by Ron Vissers
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:21 UTC (History)
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Description Ron Vissers 2003-09-23 07:48:51 UTC

Hi, 
Feature request:  
Please add the ability to etc-update to keep a minimum of 1 backup copy (somewhere) 
of any config file that it modifies, interactively merges, or overwrites.  This would aid 
recoverability if we clobber a file accidentally or merge it improperly.   
 
I'm sure the initial response will be, back them up manually.  This gets pretty old when 
doing multiple systems.   

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-09-23 21:10:29 UTC

read /etc/dispatch-conf.conf, it provides archiving