Bug 110900

Summary:	etc-update doesn't warn user about missed updates
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Gergely Trifonov <zsirfeka>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	Keywords:	InVCS
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	136244
Attachments:	possible workaround

Description Gergely Trifonov 2005-10-30 07:58:34 UTC

When updating lots of configuration files, it can be really annoying if the user
accidentally chooses not to replace a file (i.e. by pressing any key but 'y'
when asked by mv). Sometimes the user doesn't even notice this until the next
update.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.apply updates with etc-update
2.when replacing a file, mv needs confirmation to overwrite an existing file (mv
-i is used by default)
3.press any key but 'y' or 'n'
4.continue applying updates (if any) and quit the application.

Actual Results:  
after exiting the application, all missed updates are present in /etc, but the
user might think all updates were successfully applied. 

Expected Results:  
etc-update should warn the user that there are pending (missed) updates.

Comment 1 Gergely Trifonov 2005-10-30 08:00:42 UTC

Created attachment 71732 [details, diff]
possible workaround

Comment 2 Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-30 09:20:18 UTC

Patch looks good to me, hope the portage folks will take it.

Comment 3 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-19 03:27:03 UTC

In r3931

Comment 4 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2006-07-20 14:05:09 UTC

This has been released in 2.1.1_pre3-r2.