etc-update killed your gentoo install?

fatshady

Having screwed up my last gentoo install a couple of weeks ago by not using etc-update properly, I wondered how many other had...

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30726 · Veteran Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 1501

Where's the option for never :wink:

Titeuf · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject:

subrahmanyan · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:15 pm Post subject:

I also vote for never :mrgreen:

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ed0n · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:19 pm Post subject:

never.

teutzz · Guru Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 333 Location: .ro

you are not being faire!!! where is the never in this life time option???
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DiskBreaker · Apprentice Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 224

another vote for never.

there's also

jwj · Apprentice Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 240

Never, use dispatch-conf if you break your configs too often.

silentbob · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 159 Location: UK

Yep. I've suffered from etc-update! I think I waited until a very large number of confg files needed updating and then just automatically updated them all through laziness. This broke one or two things, most noticeable being apache php support and xvnc logins.

Since then I keep an eye on the changes required and if it concerns a config file I remember changing then I manually check the update.

senectus · Guru Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 534

The problem I get is that I start an update, go away and come back when its done... then I can't be bothered going through all the etc-update shit (its such a CHORE) so I ignore it.. a few days later I've forgottern them and the next time I reboot.. I have MANY hours of fixing to do :-(

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Stormy Eyes · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject:

I have no reason to use etc-update. I nuke all changes that "have to be merged". Leave my configs alone, dammit.

sireyessire · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:16 pm Post subject:

never: +1
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fatshady · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject:

Won't let me add the never option...

Not something I had considered!!
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madmango · Guru Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 507 Location: PA, USA

another vote for never.

etc-update won't ever screw up your configs...

if you use it correctly
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UsuarioDeLasComputadores · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 45

Never. Not yet at least.
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klavrynd · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 98

never as i don't know what it does and therefor never used it :p

sireyessire · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 5:37 pm Post subject:

so long never : 11 votes

you can't turn blind eyes on a majority forever... :wink:

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twice 1
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madmango · Guru Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 507 Location: PA, USA

Maybe some people don't actually use etc-update, and just hit -5 whenever they run it. No wonder things fsck up.
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georwell · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:21 pm Post subject:

another vote for never.

castorilo · Apprentice Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 157

Another never.

electrofreak · l33t Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 713 Location: Ohio, USA

Never. Didn't know it was possible. It doesn't seem that hard. If the configs do get messed up, you can always manually fix them. But really, you can never completely mess up a system with the config files, AFAIK.
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lamaistres · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject:

Nope. Never.

Roguelazer · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:55 pm Post subject:

Never because I actually -read- the stuff that's changed, and I understand the interactive merge function...

This poll is -NOT- H-MES compliant.
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John5788 · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:03 pm Post subject:

i've never borked my install, im a smart cookie.
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screwloose · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:13 pm Post subject:

Another vote for never
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