saving uncommitted changes in /etc prior to emerge run

diff --git a/UPower/UPower.conf b/UPower/UPower.conf
index 4282948e737124af3b1f77e8d252acb9ebf34d69..e2c6a6987564399161609e87246df217719e7066 100644 (file)
--- a/UPower/UPower.conf
+++ b/UPower/UPower.conf
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ NoPollBatteries=false
 #
 # Some laptops are broken. The lid state is either inverted, or stuck
 # on or off. We can't do much to fix these problems, but this is a way
-# for users to make the laptop panel vanish and for programs like
-# gnome-settings-daemon to not suspend on system startup.
+# for users to make the laptop panel vanish, a state that might be used
+# by a couple of user-space daemons. On Linux systems, see also
+# logind.conf(5).
 #
 # default=false
 IgnoreLid=false
@@ -41,9 +42,11 @@ IgnoreLid=false
 #
 # Whether battery percentage based policy should be used. The default
 # is to use the time left, change to true to use the percentage, which
-# should work around broken firmwares.
-# default=false
-UsePercentageForPolicy=false
+# should work around broken firmwares. It is also more reliable than
+# the time left (frantically saving all your files is going to use more
+# battery than letting it rest for example).
+# default=true
+UsePercentageForPolicy=true
 
 # When UsePercentageForPolicy is true, the levels at which UPower will
 # consider the battery low, critical, or take action for the critical