etc-update - Man Page

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

etc-update is supposed to be run after merging a new package to see if there are updates to the configuration files.  If a new configuration file will override an old one, etc-update will prompt the user for a decision.

etc-update will check all directories specified on the command line.  If no paths are given, then the CONFIG_PROTECT variable will be used.  All config files found in CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK will automatically be updated for you by etc-update. See make.conf(5) for more information.

etc-update respects the normal PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT and EROOT variables for finding the aforementioned config protect variables.

-d,  --debug

Run with shell tracing enabled.

-h,  --help

Surprisingly, show the help output.

-p,  --preen

Automerge trivial changes only and quit.

-v,  --verbose

Show settings and important decision info while running.

--automode <mode>

Select one of the automatic merge modes.  Valid modes are: -3 -5 -7 -9. See the --help text for more details.

Please report bugs via https://bugs.gentoo.org/

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

/etc/etc-update.conf

Configuration settings for etc-update are stored here.

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

dispatch-conf(1).