ETC-UPDATE(1)                       Portage                      ETC-UPDATE(1)

NAME
       etc-update - handle configuration file updates

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

DESCRIPTION
       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.

OPTIONS
       -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.

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

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

FILES
       /etc/etc-update.conf
              Configuration settings for etc-update are stored here.

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

Portage VERSION                    Mar 2012                      ETC-UPDATE(1)