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 Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 4:34 am Post subject: Gentoolkit and ._cfg0000 files |
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Hi,
I was searching on this forum, what more gentoolkit does than etc-update, and noticed many are asking about the ._cfg0000 files....... strange and "scary" files if not knowing what they are. Newbie worries increases when asked to update them.
I have been using Gentoo for a quite long time, but I am still unsure what to do with the ._cfg000 files. When using diff command, some files are backup and other seem to be upgrade files.
To straighten the things up, my question: is it safe enough to not make any backup files and all upgrades are automatically done. If so, how to config a non-protected system?
Another question: what are the functions of gentoolkit?
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rac
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 5:25 am Post subject: Re: Gentoolkit and ._cfg0000 files |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | I was searching on this forum, what more gentoolkit does than etc-update |
One of the other programs in gentoolkit is qpkg, which, among other things, will tell you all the files contained in a particular package. So you can type | Code: | | $ qpkg -l gentoolkit |
...to get a list of all the other programs in gentoolkit, and see their manpages for more information about what they do.
| Quote: | | To straighten the things up, my question: is it safe enough to not make any backup files and all upgrades are automatically done. |
It depends  . Sometimes you have a legitimate reason to make changes to config files in /etc that you don't want undone by portage. I guess if you don't feel the need to make local changes to the files in /etc (in other words, if you don't have anything you want to protect), then it would be OK not to protect anything. I don't think anyone else can say what would be appropriate for your system, and that IMHO is one of the best parts of Portage's configuration file handling.
| Quote: | | If so, how to config a non-protected system? |
| Code: | | # export CONFIG_PROTECT="" |
...before running emerge.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried running "man gentoolkit" but there is no manpage.
The code you mentioned, # export CONFIG_PROTECT="", is it a terminal command or script line in one of the files in /etc folder????
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Shak
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 9:02 am Post subject: |
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the code
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# export CONFIG_PROTECT=""
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is a terminal command
You need to use
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$ qpkg -l gentoolkit
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to see the packages and then man them seperately
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 11:12 am Post subject: |
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One more question.
Rac said to run the command, export CONFIG_PROTECT="", before running emerge. Does it also apply / works when updating the world (emerge -u world) or applies only for individual package upgrades?
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Naan Yaar
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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It should apply to "emerge -u world" too.
| Anonymous wrote: | One more question.
Rac said to run the command, export CONFIG_PROTECT="", before running emerge. Does it also apply / works when updating the world (emerge -u world) or applies only for individual package upgrades?
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xsi
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | is a terminal command
You need to use
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$ qpkg -l gentoolkit
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I'm really want to launch this but it was unsuccessful. Where it is written about packages of gentoolkit? How to check like these ones.
| Code: | qpkg -l gentoolkit
qpkg: invalid option -- 'l'
Usage: qpkg <opts> <misc args> : manipulate Gentoo binpkgs
Options: -[cEpP:vqChV]
-c, --clean * clean pkgdir of unused binary files
-E, --eclean * clean pkgdir of files not in the tree anymore (slow)
-p, --pretend * pretend only
-P, --pkgdir <arg> * alternate package directory
-v, --verbose * Make a lot of noise
-q, --quiet * Tighter output; suppress warnings
-C, --nocolor * Don't output color
-h, --help * Print this help and exit
-V, --version * Print version and exit |
| Code: | man gentoolkit
No manual entry for gentoolkit
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The qpkg referred to above was removed in favour of equery, the equivalent command is:
| Code: | | equery files gentoolkit |
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Congratulations, you revived a thread that died 10 years ago  |
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