Bug 384217 – dispatch-conf: always overwrites a config file with newer one

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description MATSUI Tetsushi 2011-09-23 16:53:34 UTC]

Recently, dispatch-conf always overwrites a config file with newer one.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge something with a config file in etc
2. dispatch-conf

Actual Results:  
Without any output, dispatch-conf finishes its work (overwrites with the newer config file).

Expected Results:  
Show me the diff and ask me how to merge.

The environment variable CONFIG_PROTECT is /etc without EPREFIX, so the dispatch-conf script have to take care about EPREFIX, but it doesn't seem to do so.  A very old email (http://old.nabble.com/-PREFIX--config-protect-behavior-in-prefix-td4418222.html) hints me a fix.  A patch will follow.

[Comment 1 MATSUI Tetsushi 2011-09-23 16:55:21 UTC]

Created attachment 287523 [details, diff]
patch against dispatch-config

[Comment 2 Fabian Groffen 2011-09-23 18:25:14 UTC]

fix will be in next portage version

[Comment 3 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) 2012-03-08 02:59:29 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> fix will be in next portage version

so long ago.