saving uncommitted changes in /etc prior to emerge run

NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

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+[main]
+plugins=ifnet,keyfile
+
+[ifnet]
+managed=true
+auto_refresh=false

NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/10-openrc-status

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+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Alexandre Rostovtsev
+# Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
+
+# Ensures that the NetworkManager OpenRC service is marked as started and
+# providing net only when it has a successful connection.
+
+if [ ! -e "/run/openrc/softlevel" ]; then
+	# OpenRC is not running
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# Ensure rc-service is in PATH
+PATH="${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin"
+
+# Exit if the NetworkManager OpenRC service is not running
+rc-service NetworkManager status 2>&1 | grep -Eq "status: (starting|started|inactive|stopping)" || exit 0
+
+# Call rc-service in background mode so that the start/stop functions update
+# NetworkManager service status to started or inactive instead of actually
+# starting or stopping the daemon
+export IN_BACKGROUND=YES
+
+case "$2" in
+	up) nm-online -t 0 -x &&
+		! rc-service NetworkManager status 2>&1 | grep -q started &&
+		exec rc-service NetworkManager start ;;
+	down) nm-online -t 0 -x ||
+		rc-service NetworkManager status 2>&1 | grep -q stopped ||
+		exec rc-service NetworkManager stop ;;
+	pre-sleep) rc-service NetworkManager status 2>&1 | grep -q stopped ||
+		exec rc-service NetworkManager stop ;;
+esac
+exit 0
+# vim: set ts=4: