| .TH "ETC-UPDATE" "1" "Aug 2008" "Portage VERSION" "Portage" |
| .SH NAME |
| etc-update \- handle configuration file updates |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B etc-update |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .I etc-update |
| is supposed to be run after merging a new package to see if |
| there are updates to the configuration files. If a new |
| configuration file will override an old one, |
| .I etc-update |
| will prompt the user for a decision. |
| .PP |
| .I etc-update |
| will check all directories in the \fICONFIG_PROTECT\fR variable. All |
| config files found in \fICONFIG_PROTECT_MASK\fR will automatically be |
| updated for you by \fIetc-update\fR. See \fBmake.conf\fR(5) for more |
| information. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| None. |
| .SH "REPORTING BUGS" |
| Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/ |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| .nf |
| Jochem Kossen and Leo Lipelis |
| Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@gentoo.org> |
| Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> |
| .fi |
| .SH "FILES" |
| .TP |
| .B /etc/etc-update.conf |
| Configuration settings for \fIetc-update\fR are stored here. |
| .TP |
| .B /etc/dispatch-conf.conf |
| Settings for dispatching configuration files right before they're merged. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR make.conf (5) |