Bug 114219

Summary:	etc-update automerge by directory
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	John Beck <jmbeck>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description John Beck 2005-12-01 19:49:50 UTC

etc-update takes a long time to use when there are over a hundred config files
to update, and automerging isn't usually going to work for power users.

If users could automerge all config files in a directory like /etc/pam.d/ or
/etc/xinet.d/ -- directories where users may know they haven't changed any
config files--it would cut down on the hundred very quickly.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-01 22:15:25 UTC

Why not use dispatch-conf?

/etc/dispatch-conf.conf
<snip>
# Automerge files comprising only CVS interpolations (e.g. Header or Id)
# (yes or no)
replace-cvs=yes

# Automerge files comprising only whitespace and/or comments
# (yes or no)
replace-wscomments=yes

# Automerge files that the user hasn't modified
# (yes or no)
replace-unmodified=yes
</snip>