Bug 21412 – etc-update mnemonics for commands instead of numbers

• Product: Portage Development
• Status: RESOLVED LATER

[Description leon j. breedt 2003-05-21 06:16:48 UTC]

at the moment, the commands which modify files when one runs etc-update are
numeric. its much easier to remember a mnemonic than a number.

i'd suggest something like the following for command selection:

r: Replace original with update
d: Delete update, keeping original as is
m: Interactively merge original with update
s: Show differences again
i: Ignore this update

I find I have to keep re-reading the menu, no matter how many times I've run
etc-update. Numbers bad. Symbols good :)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Jason Stubbs (RETIRED) 2005-07-28 07:24:54 UTC]

Putting a hold on feature requests for portage as they are drowning out the 
bugs. Most of these features should be available in the next major version of 
portage. But for the time being, they are just drowning out the major bugs and 
delaying the next version's progress. 
 
Any bugs that contain patches and any bugs for etc-update or dispatch-conf can 
be reopened. Sorry, I'm just not good enough with bugzilla. ;) 

[Comment 2 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2007-01-11 12:08:45 UTC]

Reopening for consideration.

[Comment 3 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2007-06-05 16:38:48 UTC]

I don't think anybody is interested in working on this, reopen if you can provide a patch that implements what you're after.

[Comment 4 Marius Capmare 2007-11-09 22:44:37 UTC]

Created attachment 135608 [details, diff]
The etc-update patch.

Here's the quick fix to the menu.

[Comment 5 Marius Capmare 2007-11-12 02:24:01 UTC]

Ignore that patch. I just realized it needs a little more work. I'm going to get back to it when I'll have some time.