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?

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    Those configuration files are for managing system’s package manager, so I don’t think $HOME would be a better place.

    • palordrolap
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      11 year ago

      Then they shouldn’t have dots on them (bad design decision) and should be backed up by the system backup/restore mechanism, whatever that might be, not the user’s own homedir backup, which is what I assume OP is talking about.

      If they’re talking about a full system backup including home directories, that’s a moot point because I’d expect they’d be included anyway, dot or not.