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When Portage installs a file into a protected directory tree like /etc, any |
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When Portage installs a file into a protected directory tree like /etc, any |
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existing files will not be overwritten. If a file of the same name already |
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existing files will not be overwritten. If a file of the same name already |
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exists, Portage will change the name of the to-be- installed file from 'foo' to |
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exists, Portage will change the name of the to-be-installed file from 'foo' to |
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'._cfg0000_foo'. If '._cfg0000_foo' already exists, this name becomes |
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'._cfg0000_foo'. If '._cfg0000_foo' already exists, this name becomes |
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'._cfg0001_foo', etc. In this way, existing files are not overwritten, |
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'._cfg0001_foo', etc. In this way, existing files are not overwritten, |
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allowing the administrator to manually merge the new config files and avoid any |
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allowing the administrator to manually merge the new config files and avoid any |
