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johnk73
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 Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2002 8:22 pm Post subject: update files after emerging kernel sources |
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Hi, I started the install from a stage3 tarball after emerging kernel sources:
emerge sys-kernel/vanilla-sources
I get the message
*GNU info Directory index is up-to-date
*IMPORTANT: 3config files in /etc need updating.
*Type emerge --help config to learn how to update config files.
# find /etc -iname '._cfg????_*'
displays these files
/etc/._cfg0000_make.globals
/etc/._cfg0000_make.conf
/etc/._cfg0000_etc-update.conf
Why do these files need updating what should I add/change before i continue?
Thanks
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Guinney
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| Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2002 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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I think that you may have needed to use export CONFIG_PROTECT=""
to eliminate this before you merged your system.. the --help config command will give you pretty good instructions on how to make the necessary modifications... alot of the time its just a change in a comment or something small that was updated.
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rac
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 2:31 am Post subject: |
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Look into the etc-update command. Setting CONFIG_PROTECT="" when emerging portage (which is what probably created these) is generally a bad idea, IMHO. See the story of castle /etc for background.
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theBlackDragon
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| johnk73 wrote: | /etc/._cfg0000_make.globals
/etc/._cfg0000_make.conf
/etc/._cfg0000_etc-update.conf |
Those files should never be updated by portage so you can delete those (I always do). |
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rac
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| theBlackDragon wrote: | | johnk73 wrote: | /etc/._cfg0000_make.globals
/etc/._cfg0000_make.conf
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Those files should never be updated by portage so you can delete those (I always do). |
I disagree. make.globals should always be allowed to be updated: you should never edit it yourself. make.conf should usually not be allowed to be updated, but there are often new features, samples and comments. Merging these can often be a good idea. etc-update.conf falls somewhere in the middle; I wouldn't have learned of the new dialog front-end if it weren't for a recent update of this file.
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theBlackDragon
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 9:00 am Post subject: |
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You're right of course 
This will sound very green, but how do I go about merging those files? |
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rac
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| theBlackDragon wrote: | | how do I go about merging those files? |
I usually do it by hand in xemacs, with a subwindow for each file, but there is an option in etc-update that presents you with an interactive diff of the old and new files. You choose a part from the left or the right and build a merged file. I believe it is option 3.
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