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From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: etcupdate tool in base?
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> I've had several folks ask me recently about importing etcupdate
> (http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/etcupdate) into the base system as an altern=
ate
> tool for updating /etc during upgrades. =C2=A0Do folks have any strong ob=
jections
> to doing so? =C2=A0More details about how it works and an HTML version of=
 the
> manpage can be found at the URL above.

-1 unless mergemaster is replaced.

I'm ***not*** saying that mergemaster should be replaced.

The base system would get too bloated if too many tools are added.

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Eitan Adler