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