.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)