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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:01:18 -0500<br>
From: Lawrence Hamblin <<a href="mailto:infinity.d2@gmail.com">infinity.d2@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [ale] emerge help<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
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Another way of updating those config files is to enter the command<br>
dispatch-conf after you do an emerge. That will run through every config<br>
file to be updated and show you what would be changed: a line starting with<br>
a plus sign would be added to the existing file, and one starting with a<br>
minus sign would be deleted from it. You can then decide whether to use<br>
the new file or "zap" (delete) it.<br>
<br>
Dispatch-conf comes in handy if you have your CONFIG_PROTECT in make.conf<br>
set to "/etc", which is what I have on my system.<br>
<br>
-Lawrence<br>
<br>
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:34 AM, rhia <<a href="mailto:rhiannen@atlantacon.org">rhiannen@atlantacon.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Chris<br>
><br>
> Pre-coffee, so hopefully coherent-ish enough.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Edit /etc/portage/package.keywords and add the line<br>
> =sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 ~x86<br>
><br>
> Edit /etc/portage/package.mask and add the line<br>
> =sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3<br>
><br>
><br>
> For "Use eselect news to read news items" enter at the prompt:<br>
> eselect news read new<br>
> (Never know, it might actually be relevant to what you're doing.)<br>
><br>
> Then emerge sys-devel/gettext again<br>
><br>
><br>
> rhia<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 10:57 -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:<br>
> > I'm new at gentoo and I'm messing with rebuilding sysrescuecd with some<br>
> > apps.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm getting this output<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> ><br>
> > sysresccd portage # emerge sys-devel/gettext<br>
> ><br>
> > * IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.<br>
> > * Use eselect news to read news items.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.keywords' needs<br>
> > updating.<br>
> > * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge<br>
> > * man page to learn how to update config files.<br>
> > Calculating dependencies... done!<br>
> > [ebuild N #] sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 USE="acl cxx git nls<br>
> > openmp -doc -emacs -java -static-libs"<br>
> ><br>
> > The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:<br>
> > #required by sys-devel/gettext (argument)<br>
> > >=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 ~x86<br>
> ><br>
> > The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:<br>
> > #required by sys-devel/gettext (argument)<br>
> > # /etc/portage/package.mask:<br>
> > # fix problems<br>
> > >=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3<br>
> ><br>
> > NOTE: This --autounmask behavior can be disabled by setting<br>
> > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n" in make.conf.<br>
> ><br>
> > Use --autounmask-write to write changes to config files (honoring<br>
> > CONFIG_PROTECT).<br>
> ><br>
> > * IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.<br>
> > * Use eselect news to read news items.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> > Maybe a translation of what I need to do :)<br></blockquote><div><br>I've always used etc-update, merges trivial config files automagically, and allows you to merge only selected parts of the updated .cfg0000*.<br>
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