saving uncommitted changes in /etc prior to emerge run

init.d/local

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+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
+# Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
+
+description="Executes user programs in /etc/local.d"
+
+depend()
+{
+	after *
+	keyword -timeout
+}
+
+start()
+{
+	einfo "Starting local"
+
+	local file
+	for file in /etc/local.d/*.start ; do
+		[ -x "$file" ] && "$file"
+	done
+
+	if type local_start >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		ewarn "/etc/conf.d/local should be removed."
+		ewarn "Please move the code from the local_start function"
+		ewarn "to scripts with an .start extension"
+		ewarn "in /etc/local.d"
+		local_start
+	fi
+
+	eend 0
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+	einfo "Stopping local"
+
+	local file
+	for file in /etc/local.d/*.stop; do
+		[ -x "$file" ] && "$file"
+	done
+
+	if type local_start >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		ewarn "/etc/conf.d/local should be removed."
+		ewarn "Please move the code from the local_stop function"
+		ewarn "to scripts with an .stop extension"
+		ewarn "in /etc/local.d"
+		local_stop
+	fi
+
+	eend 0
+}