When trying to use the diff command on any config file for which there was a change during an update, it doesn't do anything. I have to manually diff the ._cfg file and the current config always and replace them that way. Reproducible: Always
dispatch-conf does not have a "diff" command. Do you mean "merge" (m)?
(In reply to Mike Gilbert from comment #1) > dispatch-conf does not have a "diff" command. Do you mean "merge" (m)? https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/tree/bin/dispatch-conf#n512
Ah, so the "l" command. It works fine for me. Have you customized /etc/dispatch-conf.conf at all? Any strange pager settings (LESS env var)?
> Have you customized /etc/dispatch-conf.conf at all? No I haven't. > Any strange pager settings (LESS env var)? These are my less settings from the env var "-R -M --shift 5". Also is my assumption about the "l" command correct? I expect it to show me the diff between ._cfg0000_filename and filename.
I think the "l" command is only useful after you have run the "m" (merge) command. Running "l" after "m" should produce output like this: > --- /etc/._cfg0000_mlocate-cron.conf 2023-07-21 10:24:26.783493956 -0400 > +++ /etc/._mrg0000_mlocate-cron.conf 2023-07-22 17:08:44.085754978 -0400 > @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ > > # ionice class to run at: see -c in ionice(1) > # you have to install sys-apps/util-linux manually > -IONICE_CLASS="4" > +IONICE_CLASS="2" > > # ionice priority to run at: see -n in ionice(1) > IONICE_PRIORITY="7" > > >> (1 of 1) -- /etc/mlocate-cron.conf > >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new > m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge:
Also, dispatch-conf should immediately show you a diff as soon as you run it. No explicit command is requited. That output should look like this: > --- /etc/mlocate-cron.conf 2020-04-12 12:00:36.143350196 -0400 > +++ /etc/._cfg0000_mlocate-cron.conf 2023-07-22 17:15:07.618235065 -0400 > @@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ > # you have to install sys-apps/util-linux manually > IONICE_CLASS="2" > > +# some new setting > + > # ionice priority to run at: see -n in ionice(1) > IONICE_PRIORITY="7" > > >> (1 of 1) -- /etc/mlocate-cron.conf > >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new > m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge:
> Also, dispatch-conf should immediately show you a diff as soon as you run it. Interesting, this doesn't happen in my case. I just directly get the output: > >> (1 of 1) -- /etc/mlocate-cron.conf > >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new > m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge: and nothing else.
Does it work if you bypass less by setting PAGER=cat? eg. PAGER=cat dispatch-conf
> Does it work if you bypass less by setting PAGER=cat? It doesn't and changing the setting as pager="cat" in /etc/dispatch-conf.conf doesn't do anything either.
