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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging and CONFIG_PROTECT
From:       Marius Mauch <genone () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-02-29 15:15:46
Message-ID: 20040229161546.4bd04a74 () sven ! genone ! homeip ! net
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On 02/28/04  Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 02:55, Stuart Herbert wrote:
> > I agree with Jason - a config file that hasn't been modified
> > shouldn't be config-protected.  No information is lost when the file
> > is removed, and if a Gentoo user has edited the file, it'll get
> > picked up because of the change in timestamp and md5sum.
> 
> It should be left.  Consider this case:
> $ emerge packageA
> /etc/services is modified to contain a reference for packageA
> 
> $ emerge packageB
> /etc/services is modified to contain a reference for packageB

Two packages owning the same file is a bug, no matter if the file is
CONFIG_PROTECTed or not.

Marius

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