(SOLVED) Trouble merging .pacnew files with meld

San2ban · 2011-08-18 13:40:43

Dear Archers

Unable to merge .pacnew files, following the example on ArchWiki. Only, the difference between the two files shown

[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# #!/bin/bash
[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# # pacnew-update - merge *.pacnew files with original configurations with meld
[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# 
[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# pacnew=$(find /etc -type f -name "*.pacnew")
[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# 
[root@KRISHNA san2ban]# for config in $pacnew; do
>   # Merge with meld
>   gksu meld ${config%\.*} $config &
>   wait
> done
[1] 1578
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to session: The connection is closed)
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to session: The connection is closed)

Also, on the Archwiki, we are advised to change 'kdesu' to 'gksudo' for GNOME, but I think it should be gksu

Last edited by San2ban (2011-08-18 14:07:53)

karol · 2011-08-18 13:44:48

Please, don't overuse the [ ins ] tag - remove it, as it doesn't help here.

San2ban · 2011-08-18 13:46:41

Dear Karol
Sorry, did not use right command. Never meant to colour it

wonder · 2011-08-18 13:47:51

no wonder it doesn't work.

you are root when you try to run gksu

karol · 2011-08-18 13:51:26

AFAIK meld doesn't work automatically, it's a nice graphical tool to help you pick which changes should be added to the old files: you just point and click.

San2ban · 2011-08-18 14:02:23

Dear Karol

Thanks. yes, manual intervention is needed
Wonder how it will be without you guy's guiding us

karol · 2011-08-18 14:04:36

Can you please edit your first post and remove the [ ins ] tags? My eyes hurt.

Use [ code ] tags when pasting snippets of code.

Last edited by karol (2011-08-18 14:05:21)

San2ban · 2011-08-18 14:08:25

Done

Inxsible · 2011-08-18 14:09:35

San2ban wrote:

Dear Karol
Thanks. yes, manual intervention is needed
Wonder how it will be without you guy's guiding us

You bet your ass, manual intervention is needed. If you try to blindly just merge *.pacnew with original files, it might lead to an unbootable system. Especially when you get pacnew files for /etc/group and /etc/inittab

fsckd · 2011-08-18 14:18:08

San2ban, removed redundant url tags from your post for you.

San2ban · 2011-08-18 14:19:38

Dear fsckd
Thanks, sorry about that

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#1 2011-08-18 13:40:43

(SOLVED) Trouble merging .pacnew files with meld

#2 2011-08-18 13:44:48

Re: (SOLVED) Trouble merging .pacnew files with meld

#3 2011-08-18 13:46:41

Re: (SOLVED) Trouble merging .pacnew files with meld

#4 2011-08-18 13:47:51

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#5 2011-08-18 13:51:26

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#6 2011-08-18 14:02:23

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#7 2011-08-18 14:04:36

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#8 2011-08-18 14:08:25

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#10 2011-08-18 14:18:08

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#11 2011-08-18 14:19:38

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