updating config file in /etc

apasuper8 · n00b Joined: 04 Aug 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Charleston SC

After I emerge programs on my box it tells me that I have 1 config file in the /etc directory that needs to be updated. I preformed the following command to see what file it was :

find /etc -iname '._cfg????_*'

after doing this command it told me that the file that needs to be updated is :

/etc/._cfg0000_crontab

What do I need to do now ...?
Thanks in advance for your help!

apasuper8

Robert · Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2002 2:51 am Post subject:

Check to see what the difference between the two files are. If any custom settings need to be saved from the original file, add them to the new (_cfg????_) file, then it is safe to just overwrite the original file with the updated replacement.

If you emerge gentoolkit, it will install a utility called etc-update that walks you through this process quite nicely. Just run etc-update ;)

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

You need to compare the old config file and the new ._cfg... that emerge produced. Pull in changes that you want, discard things you don't. If you haven't modified the crontab file yourself, you can overwrite the old one with the new typically.

You can also "emerge gentoolkit" and use etc-update. It will step you through the update process.

zhware · Retired Dev Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 23

You can try:

apasuper8 · n00b Joined: 04 Aug 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Charleston SC

Thanks for the suggestion for the gentoolkit ... Worked great!