From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 22 12:11:35 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id MAA02427 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 12:11:35 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA02417 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 12:11:28 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA22435; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 22:10:35 +0200 Message-Id: <199502222010.WAA22435@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Building /etc Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 22:10:34 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > How about keeping a reference set of files that you change. > /etc/somefile.example > > Install procedure: : : {interesting procedure} : : > That way somefile.example is a "flag" that somefile has been locally changed. > And somefile.example.old is a "flag" that you need to examine the new changes OK - PERL script, here we come! -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200