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List:       gentoo-portage-dev
Subject:    [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCH] dblink.mergeme: implement bug #523684
From:       Duncan <1i5t5.duncan () cox ! net>
Date:       2014-09-26 6:27:47
Message-ID: pan$d55e$531e4466$dea45118$f3cec681 () cox ! net
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Zac Medico posted on Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:35:06 -0700 as excerpted:

> If a CONFIG_PROTECTed file was installed but no longer exists in the
> file system, then it may have been deleted or renamed by the admin.
> Therefore, force the file to be merged with a ._cfg name, so that the
> admin will be prompted for this update.
> 
> X-Gentoo-Bug: 523684 X-Gentoo-Bug-URL:
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523684

I've experienced this very problem myself -- no way to config-protect an 
actual deletion of a file.  Back on openrc, I ended up with several 
initscripts symlinked to a "null" script that was basically a comment 
reminding myself to delete the update.

I'm on systemd now, and it has the concept of symlinking a unitfile to 
/dev/null to force-disable it, which helps, but I've seen the problem 
with a few other files as well over the years, so would love to have this 
functionality available.

Thank you! =:^)

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and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman


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