Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:47:30 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: etcupdate tool in base? Message-ID: <4C113342.7070804@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimSVUZjim-eraoJyZf-T982GceZjs7yV97qr8dd@mail.gmail.com> References: <201006101346.59824.jhb@freebsd.org> <AANLkTimSVUZjim-eraoJyZf-T982GceZjs7yV97qr8dd@mail.gmail.com>
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on 10/06/2010 21:29 Eitan Adler said the following: >> 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. > > -1 unless mergemaster is replaced. Have you tried etcupdate? etcupdate and mergemaster have a similar function but do things in quite a different way. While one is intended to be more interactive, the other is more automated. They can not replace each other. > I'm ***not*** saying that mergemaster should be replaced. > > The base system would get too bloated if too many tools are added. > -- Andriy Gapon
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