Re: [gentoo-dev] A tool helps to diff and override config files

Thanks Josh. I will look at "cfg-update". Best Regards. 2008/12/4 Josh Saddler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Song Ma wrote: > > I tried "dispatch-conf" and "etc-update". Here are two major differences > > from my tool: > > > > 1. For

Re: [gentoo-dev] A tool helps to diff and override config files

ut "kdiff3", the tool will just get the normal text-base diff. 2. My tool can override multiple config files in batch mode. Although this is dangerous, sometime it's useful and not so nagging. Best Regards, Song Ma 2008/12/4 Song Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks guys. I di

Re: [gentoo-dev] A tool helps to diff and override config files

Thanks guys. I didn't realize there are such tools existed already. 2008/12/4 Cheng Renquan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Song Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > With Gentoo if the user runs "emerge --update --newu

[gentoo-dev] A tool helps to diff and override config files

Hi, With Gentoo if the user runs "emerge --update --newuse --deep world", the config file under "/etc" may be updated and get the new config file named as "._cfg_", for example, "._cfg_ntp.conf". Normally I will compare this newly updated config file with my existing one, then decide