Hi all,

Yes, yet another question! haha!

Okay, so, whenever I update stuff and I have been, I see this:

I'd like to find out what 15 items need updating, how do I do that?

So far, I've updated;

Samba
ClamAV
Squid
... and a few others that I can't remember at this moment in time.

Basically, the server was setup for me, now I'm just playing, updating, etc, trying to get the hang of Gentoo.

Thanks!

take a look at etc-update

it is a script that will help merge your config files in /etc/

Hi sploot,

When I type:

It does:

?!?

The etc-update tool is part of the base system, you already have it installed. Just run it and follow the instructions. You must be careful when updating config files. Usually, if you didn't modify a file by hand then you should accept the updates and substitute the old config file with the newer one. Otherwise, if you modified that file by hand then you should already know what to do. If your memory is not that good you should note down on a piece of paper every config file you modify under /etc/, so you will know if a given file has been edited by you or not when using etc-update.

There are equivalent tools, like dispatch-conf, which have more functionality. I've always used etc-update though, so I can't comment on them.

My bad. Didn't realize it was included in base system. Thanks for the clarification.

Thanks guys!