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#1 2009-09-29 22:13:31
- lestoil
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(SOLVED)recent update .pacnew files what to do?
Maybe I'm having a duh! moment but today #pacman -Syu gave me /etc/makepkg.conf and /etc/makepkg.conf.pacnew that are identical.; and /etc/pacman.conf(my edited one) and /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew(like new install file). Can I just delete the .pacnew files and keep the original files?
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#2 2009-09-29 22:27:50
- takedown
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Re: (SOLVED)recent update .pacnew files what to do?
maybe yes, maybe no!
you need to check every .pacnew, if the .pacnew is identical to the original file, you can remove it.
if it isn't identical, you need to merge this 2 files...
i would like to help you a bit more, but my poor english stop me xD
Sorry, for more info, the wiki 
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pac … save_Files
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#3 2009-09-29 23:02:47
- jasonwryan
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Re: (SOLVED)recent update .pacnew files what to do?
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#4 2009-10-02 17:37:20
- lestoil
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Re: (SOLVED)recent update .pacnew files what to do?
Thx takedown and jasonwryan. The "diff -up....." command helped a lot once the duh moment went away. There were more diffs than at 1st seemed apparent. Confirmed diffs with parallel terminals showing original .conf and .conf.pacnew files. Files all fixed up now:).
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