Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:36:11 -0400 From: jhell <jhell@dataix.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: etcupdate tool in base? Message-ID: <4C113EAB.3090303@dataix.net> In-Reply-To: <201006101346.59824.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201006101346.59824.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 06/10/2010 13:46, John Baldwin wrote: > I've had several folks ask me recently about importing etcupdate > (http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/etcupdate) into the base system as an alternate > tool for updating /etc during upgrades. Do folks have any strong objections > to doing so? More details about how it works and an HTML version of the > manpage can be found at the URL above. > Though I love the idea, I think the proper approach "please dont get me wrong" would be to move it into /usr/src/tools/ somewhere and create a makefile that when run just creates a symlink to it in a predetermined directory allowing folks to not really have it installed yet still update it for critical fixes while they are found without a re-install of it. MIB: +1 year Regards, -- jhell
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