1 .TH "ETC-UPDATE" "1" "Mar 2012" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
3 etc-update \- handle configuration file updates
6 [\fIoptions\fR] [\fI--automode <mode>\fR] [\fIpaths to scan\fR]
9 is supposed to be run after merging a new package to see if
10 there are updates to the configuration files. If a new
11 configuration file will override an old one,
13 will prompt the user for a decision.
16 will check all directories specified on the command line. If no paths
17 are given, then the \fICONFIG_PROTECT\fR variable will be used. All
18 config files found in \fICONFIG_PROTECT_MASK\fR will automatically be
19 updated for you by \fIetc-update\fR. See \fBmake.conf\fR(5) for more
23 respects the normal \fIPORTAGE_CONFIGROOT\fR and \fIEROOT\fR variables
24 for finding the aforementioned config protect variables.
27 .BR \-d ", " \-\-debug
28 Run with shell tracing enabled.
31 Surprisingly, show the help output.
33 .BR \-p ", " \-\-preen
34 Automerge trivial changes only and quit.
36 .BR \-v ", " \-\-verbose
37 Show settings and important decision info while running.
39 .BR "\-\-automode <mode>"
40 Select one of the automatic merge modes. Valid modes are: -3 -5 -7 -9.
41 See the \fI\-\-help\fR text for more details.
43 Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/
46 Jochem Kossen and Leo Lipelis
47 Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@gentoo.org>
48 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
52 .B /etc/etc-update.conf
53 Configuration settings for \fIetc-update\fR are stored here.
55 .BR dispatch-conf (1),