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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to install Gentoo from the minimal-cd and after "emerge
--sync" it tells me this:

* Regenerating GNU info directory index...
* Processed 73 info files.
* IMPORTANT: 4 config files in '/etc' need updating.
* See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
* man page to learn how to update config files.

However, I can't find the emerge man page on the gentoo site or anywhere
else and which config files are those?

Thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM

Huub wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Gentoo from the minimal-cd and after "emerge
> --sync" it tells me this:
>
> * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
> * Processed 73 info files.
> * IMPORTANT: 4 config files in '/etc' need updating.
> * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
> * man page to learn how to update config files.
>
> However, I can't find the emerge man page on the gentoo site or anywhere
> else and which config files are those?

run: etc-update

This should have been mentioned after the sync and even in the install manual
if I remember it right (quite long time since I made an install and really
reading what the manual said).

--

//Aho

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM

Huub <"v.niekerk at hccnet.nl"> wrote:
>
> * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
> * man page to learn how to update config files.
>
> However, I can't find the emerge man page on the gentoo site or anywhere
> else and which config files are those?

Unless this "minimal CD" was really shrunk manually after portage
installation, "man emerge" should show you the manpage.
Anyway, the message is a bit unfortunate IMHO.
It means essentially that you should run one of the tools
etc-update, dispatch-conf, cfg-update, conf-update, etc-proposals
which all do the same (with an increasing order of automatism/complexity):
They allow you to semi-manually update the config-files to the new ones
(which are currently stored under the names .__cfg* in your system).

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM

>
> run: etc-update
>
> This should have been mentioned after the sync and even in the install manual
> if I remember it right (quite long time since I made an install and really
> reading what the manual said).
>

Thank you. This worked.

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