ETC-UPDATE(1)

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💅 ETC-UPDATE — the ETC-UPDATE(1) page, but make it make sense

okay so welcome to the Portage girlies' guide to etc-update — this is the ETC-UPDATE(1) man page, rewritten so you'll actually read it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

etc-update — handle configuration file updates ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

etc-update [options] [--automode <mode>] [paths to scan]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So bestie, etc-update is supposed to be run after merging a new package — like, that's its whole moment — to see if there are updates to the configuration files 👀 If a new configuration file is gonna override an old one, etc-update will prompt you for a decision. Yes, you. You're the main character here.

etc-update will check all directories specified on the command line. If no paths are given, then the CONFIG_PROTECT variable will be used. And all config files found in CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK will automatically be updated for you by etc-update — no cap, it just does it 💅

See make.conf(5) for more information.

etc-update respects the normal PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT and EROOT variables for finding the aforementioned config protect variables. Slay, it's consistent 💜

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -d, --debug — Run with shell tracing enabled. detective mode fr 🔍
  • -h, --help — Surprisingly, show the help output. like… yes, that's what --help does 😭
  • -p, --preen — Automerge trivial changes only and quit. low-effort queen behavior, valid honestly 👑
  • -v, --verbose — Show settings and important decision info while running. chatty and I respect it 🗣️
  • --automode <mode> — Select one of the automatic merge modes. Valid modes are: -3 -5 -7 -9. See the --help text for more details. pick your fighter 🥊

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Please report bugs via https://bugs.gentoo.org/ — be nosy, be helpful, the maintainers will love you for it 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Jochem Kossen and Leo Lipelis
  • Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@gentoo.org>
  • Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>

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🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /etc/etc-update.conf — Configuration settings for etc-update are stored here. that's the vibe vault 🎀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

dispatch-conf(1), make.conf(5)

bestie reminder: this whole thing is Portage @VERSION@, dated Mar 2012 — so it's giving vintage icon, and honestly it still ate 💀✨
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