pacdiff
Maintenance utility for.pacorig,.pacnewand.pacsavefiles created bypacman. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacdiff.
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Review files that need maintenance in interactive mode:
pacdiff -
Use sudo and sudoedit to remove and merge files:
pacdiff --sudo -
Review files needing maintenance, creating
.bakups of the original if you(O)verwrite:
pacdiff --sudo --backup -
Use a specific editor to view and merge configuration files (default is
vim -d):
DIFFPROG={{editor}} pacdiff -
Scan for configuration files with
locateinstead of using pacman database:
pacdiff --locate -
Display help:
pacdiff --help
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