Tool for merging pacnew files ??

Hi all,
Is there a program available that are able to merge a .pacnew file with the existing files, instead of doing this manually ??
Maybe vim can do this but I am not sure ??
It would be nice to do this quickly to save time !!
Last edited by niller (2008-03-11 12:02:08)

niller wrote:Maybe vim can do this but I am not sure ??
Yup, try this from a terminal:
$ vimdiff /etc/conf /etc/conf.pacnew
Last edited by tom5760 (2008-03-11 13:53:21)

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doublerebel wrote:I don't care for the obtuse UI of vimdiff
Use can use regular diff if you want.
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[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# #!/bin/bash
[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# # pacnew-update - merge *.pacnew files with original configurations with meld
[root@KRISHNA san2ban]#
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Thanks. yes, manual intervention is needed
Wonder how it will be without you guy's guiding us
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Having great fun with ArchLinux for the last two weeks now, and really enjoy this distro !!
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stonecrest wrote:
shining wrote:
niller wrote:What do YOU do ??
If it's a config file I edited in the past, I use vimdiff for merging both files.
If not, I simply overwrite the old config file by the .pacnew one.
I thought you only get a pacnew if you had made changes to the file. Or am I confused?
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And same when a file is relocated, like recently /etc/profile which moved from bash to filesystem.
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