Comments on: The Joys of Gentoo http://sbutler.com/blog/2005/08/the-joys-of-gentoo/ data mining and things i find interesting Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:10:41 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shane http://sbutler.com/blog/2005/08/the-joys-of-gentoo/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Shane Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:10:21 +0000 http://sbutler.com/blog/?p=50#comment-12 Yes I'd agree generally but in practice I have not always found it to be the case. My system was not working properly as a result of udev rules not being updated (because i wasn't using etc-update). Also, I have noticed some software, such as OpenVPN for example, seems to constantly move around their config files! Yes I’d agree generally but in practice I have not always found it to be the case. My system was not working properly as a result of udev rules not being updated (because i wasn’t using etc-update). Also, I have noticed some software, such as OpenVPN for example, seems to constantly move around their config files!

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://sbutler.com/blog/2005/08/the-joys-of-gentoo/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Daniel Lemire Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:19:05 +0000 http://sbutler.com/blog/?p=50#comment-11 Actually, I've been running gentto for over a year now, and I have never run etc-update. I only update my /etc files as needed and it seems to be just fine. You can't possibly expect gentoo to be able to convert all configuration files. That'd be very tricky work as the options of some software can change in very tricky ways. However, most software tries to make sure old config files are good enough and that's precisely why you don't need to worry too much about etc-update. Actually, I’ve been running gentto for over a year now, and I have never run etc-update. I only update my /etc files as needed and it seems to be just fine.

You can’t possibly expect gentoo to be able to convert all configuration files. That’d be very tricky work as the options of some software can change in very tricky ways. However, most software tries to make sure old config files are good enough and that’s precisely why you don’t need to worry too much about etc-update.

]]> By: Andy http://sbutler.com/blog/2005/08/the-joys-of-gentoo/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Andy Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:06:56 +0000 http://sbutler.com/blog/?p=50#comment-7 Gentoo ownz j00 f00l :P You should read the Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook. This section is about the configuration file protection in emerge: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part3_chap2__chap3 Gentoo ownz j00 f00l :P

You should read the Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook. This section is about the configuration file protection in emerge:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part3_chap2__chap3

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