config files in /etc need updating

[tonyt]

I'll preface my comments by stating I'm a relative newcomer to the linux world.

Have successfully installed latest distro ... decided to update system, and after completion, got a message that there were 2 files in /etc that needed updating. However, when I follow instructions in emerge --help config to identify which files, i do the search and uncover nothing. All seems to be working OK, but I am concerned that I am missing something.

any help/comments/education appreciated

thanks,
Tony

[Guest]

When give the command:

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

The you will see (in your case) two files (proberlly ._cfg0000_make.conf)

These files should be installed in the same dir the cfg000 file resides you have a file called /etc/make.conf and ._cfg000_make.conf

the /etc/make.conf is the original and the ._cfg..... the new one

What i do (i am quit a newbie to) i copy /etc/make.conf to /root and rhen copy the ._cfg0000...... file to /etc/make.conf

then i open /root/make.conf and /etc/make.conf and make sure they are exactly the same (and look for some new features in the /etc/make.conf)

Do not forget to remove the._cfg0000_make.conf file or else emerge will tell you every time that there are 2 new conf files....

The other one could reside every where like /etc/apache/conf/apache.conf

the find command will tell you in which dir they are

Good Luck

[freefall]

In gentoolkit (emerge gentoolkit) there's a tool called etc-update.

When you have done an update and get a message that there are files in /etc that needs to be updated, just run etc-update. It will then show you the diff. between the old and the new file and let you decide what to do with them.

It's a great tool.