There are better merge client than sdiff. I would be glad to use one. For example, KDE has kompare that seems to be working pretty fine. I think gnome has one too (gtk-diff ?). Anyway, being able to specify the merge client in the same way I specify my download manager would be nice. Of course, a text fallback is also needed in case of a graphical client.
Uhh... etc-update.conf you can select a merge command already.
Sorry for wasting your time but how could I have known ? man etc-update -> nothing about /etc/etc-update.conf man emerge -> nothing about this portage user guide -> nothing about this etc-update --help -> nothing portage reference manual -> nothing So yes, I could have read the source or scanned the 133 files in /etc for a config file. But I did not. Please do at least update the man page.
trunuf... mention etc-update.conf at least somewhere in the man page... nick can you add this for me?
enjoy ! http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-src/portage/man/etc-update.1.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6