[SOLVED] Updating config files marked as "extremely important" by rigo under Sabayon

vienswuer · 06-13-2020, 11:05 PM

Just wanted to know whether proceeding with the mentioned update of config files suggested by rigo application browser, might represent a threat to my operating system's stability.
I attached a pic of the listed files to be updated.

ondoho · 06-14-2020, 04:03 AM

That's a threat, not a thread.
Does rigo offer you a way to compare both files, old and new version, before commiting to a solution?

vienswuer · 06-14-2020, 10:46 AM

ooops, edited that! Thanks, I'm a Spanish speaker so... my bad.
And, yup, there's this option to compare but, anyway, it's Chinese for me.

ondoho · 06-15-2020, 02:31 PM

Well, you could show us.

vienswuer · 06-16-2020, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

Well, you could show us.

There you go! I've attached most of them, there are still some remaining.

ondoho · 06-17-2020, 12:10 AM

The .desktop files: you can take the new versions and discard the old versions. I wonder why rigo doesn't just do that automatically, it doesn't look like you ever edited those?
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf is a different case. You have to decide what you want to do.
Are you familiar with the format you're seeing?
- is the old file, and lines that get removed
+ is the new file, and lines that get added
Everything else stays as it is.

sevendogsbsd · 06-17-2020, 08:01 AM

It looks like rigo is a graphical version of Gentoo's "etc-update" which allows you to replace, merge or delete changes to configuration files after they are updated upstream. Agree with Ondoho's recommendations.

vienswuer · 06-18-2020, 07:57 PM

I assumed the "risk" and accepted every suggested update for the files mentioned. Fortunately, everything went as expected. Luckily, no headaches at all. Since I am not an advanced user (nor a beginner), I really hesitate whenever this kind of updates show up.