on gentoo for example I have accrued a few files under /etc/portage that to my knowledge just have to live there…
right now I basically rely on my backups for this. but maybe somebody knows a clever way to handle this?
on gentoo for example I have accrued a few files under /etc/portage that to my knowledge just have to live there…
right now I basically rely on my backups for this. but maybe somebody knows a clever way to handle this?
@gkpy I assume by “dotfiles” you simply mean “config files” as there should be nothing in your
/etc/portagedirectory that’s hidden. For all configs I want to backup, I just keep a copy of them elsewhere. As for portage stuff, I just copy mymake.conf, and everything in eachrepos.confandpackage.*directories.If you want to simplify a complex solution to an already simple thing, take a look at bare git worktrees.
The other portage-relevant file you might want to back up is
/var/lib/portage/world, which isn’t even in /etc.@nyan Yes, always backup
worldif nothing else. How the hell’d I forget that!. I usually symlink it to /etc but then forget I did when updating backups. Worst case, I wind up with a slightly old world file if I need no rebuild.You were probably microfocused on /etc. I’ve done the same thing in similar situations.