How to make portage ask for etc-update every time? [SOLVED]

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duxsco · Post by **duxsco** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:26 am

Portage tells me to use etc-update, if I, for example, install apache, edit the config files and reemerge with additional apache modules.
After a while, portage ignores config files that differ from the original ones and doesn't ask for etc-update.
How can I tell portage to ask me every time?

If I, for example, run "emerge -eav world", I want to run etc-update on every modified config file.

Perfect Gentleman · Post by **Perfect Gentleman** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:30 am

run 'etc-update'

duxsco · Post by **duxsco** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:19 am

The system tells me that there is nothing to do although some config files differ from the original ones.
Btw, I usually use dispatch-conf. But, portage should notice differing config files either way after an emerge.

duxsco · Post by **duxsco** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:10 am

I noticed the existence of "/etc/config-archive". Does the deletion of its content solve the problem?
e.g.:
1. Delete content of "/etc/config-archive"
2. Run e.g. "emerge -eav world"
3. Run "dispatch-conf"

dol-sen · Post by **dol-sen** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:08 am

Portage tries to be smart about when to tell you to run etc-update/dispatch-conf.

When installing files, portage checks if the config file has been modified from the original install (meaning it was edited). Also, many times config's haven't changed for version bumps (so no change to merge). Also dispatch-conf tries to be smart about the changes and will auto-merge whitespace changes without bothering you with them, etc..

mv · Post by mv » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:58 am

I guess that you are looking for the emerge option --noconfmem

duxsco · Post by **duxsco** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:41 pm

mv wrote:I guess that you are looking for the emerge option --noconfmem

Thanks. That solved the problem.