dispatch-conf or etc-update or...?

welp

This has been the cause of much confusion in various #gentoo* channels on freenode, with one user reccommending one and another user recommending the other to a total newbie.... not a good thing.... I personally use dispatch-conf as it's so much easier to use and (IMO) faster... what do you guys think?

mod edit (2006-07-20)
Added poll options 'cfg-update' and 'other' on request, 102 votes for dispatch-conf and 120 for etc-update at that point. --Earthwings
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mark_alec · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:28 am Post subject:

etc-update. It is all there was when I started using Gentoo, and to be honest, I have never tried dispatch-conf.

mrsteven · Veteran Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 1841

dispatch-conf has some nice extra features, just look at /etc/dispatch-conf.conf. I also think it is somewhat easier to use.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:56 am Post subject:

etc-update. It is all there was when I started using Gentoo.
I've not tried dispatch-conf.
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Monkeh · Veteran Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 1656 Location: England

I use etc-update only when I just have a crapload of files which all need to be updated, like a baselayout update on a fresh install. Otherwise, diff, cp, mv, and vim are all I need

alistair · Developer Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 869

etc-update. its easy and I always go thru any changes to config files so I don't worry about something failing over. I don't want the extra features of dispatch-conf
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jmbsvicetto · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:03 am Post subject:

One of the best things in Gentoo is dispatch-conf. For all those unaware, it keeps a copy of the previous version. If you ever happen to commit a change that you shouldn't, you can recover the old version! :wink:

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Dieter@be · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:40 am Post subject:

i'm still waiting for my first fuckup to happen, after that i'll change to dispatch-conf i suppose

etc-update is so easy, never needed anyting else

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El_UnO · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject:

dispatch-conf forever and always...keeps a copy of the old file and allows you to go through the changes

gentoo_lan · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

dispatch-conf is by far the best and easiest to use
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etc-update to process trivial file changes
followed by dispatch-conf w/ colordiff for actually updating files.

nesl247 · Veteran Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 1614 Location: Florida

I just use etc-update. If it's a file I know hasn't changed other then my settings, I just remove the ._cfg... file. Otherwise I just overwrite it and reapply my settings. Real easy since I remember what I changed in the files.

Besides, I've never used anything but etc-update, and didn't know about dispatch-conf until a few months ago.

shickapooka800 · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject:

etc-update for me, I have never tried dispatch-conf. I guess I too just stuck with what I already was using since I started using gentoo, and saw no reason to change.
although maybe at a next big update I will try dispatch-conf, although that wouln't happen for a while.
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at240 · l33t Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 603 Location: UK

Yes, etc-update for me too. I can see why some people find dispatch-conf easier, but I suppose it's just what I'm used to. If we're being completely frank, then I'd have to say that neither is really ideal, but that's another story.

aidanjt · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

They both suck, dispatch-conf just sucks a little less, so that's what i use, unless I'm working on a blank system, then i'll just use etc-update and -5.

geniux · Veteran Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 1400 Location: /home

etc-update cause I've always used it and I find it easy to use, but I might just try dispatch-conf and see if it's as good as most people says :wink:

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Q-collective · Veteran Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 1923

cfg-update

Naib · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject:

etc-update
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dispatch-conf with the setting

RuiP · l33t Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 643

My vote goes for dispatch-conf, too.
And btw i comment out the diff line on dispatch-conf.conf and add a new one with meld: distatch-conf with a gui.

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Sourcecode · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject:

I'm still using etc-update

because it works for me, and i don't need an colorized output from the files to understand the changes.

ive tried dispatch-conf, but its nothing 4 me.
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welp · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject:

Looks like we're split into two groups... the golden oldies...

who've been using Gentoo for ages now, and the littluns, who haven't been using Gentoo for so long...
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