6375 – Automatically replace untouched files in /etc/

Bug 6375 - Automatically replace untouched files in /etc/

Summary: Automatically replace untouched files in /etc/

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 4709

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Core (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Blocks:	2765
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Reported:	2002-08-12 14:14 UTC by SpanKY
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:38 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-08-12 14:14:45 UTC

since the md5sums of the original files are recorded in /var/db/pkg/, it is 
kind of trivial to see if the md5sum's of the files in /etc/ match the md5sum 
of the file when first placed in /etc/

i never touch certain files such as /etc/devfsd.conf or /etc/inputrc, and if 
newer versions are put out, i replace the old ones without a second thought.

i guess since some people would not like this idea, a variable could be created 
that would be placed into FEATURES in /etc/make.globals
'autoetc' or something ... i cant think of a short name to describe this ;)

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-09-14 23:48:18 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 4709 ***