Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:26:22 -0800 From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mergemaster Message-ID: <3A37BF4E.480AE623@FreeBSD.org> References: <14901.27724.457583.502180@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote:
> I suggested one way of doing that to the author, but never got a reply
> back. The idea was to add an option that does two things: 1) installs
> new files r/o (but not merged files); 2) if files are installed r/o,
> quietly install the new one.
Well, I thought sure I replied to you on this one, if I didn't, I
apologize. This won't work for several reasons. First, it's too
complicated. Second, it relies on the absence of user error, which is a
really bad assumption. Third, messing with people's file permissions is
a really bad idea, as I learned recently with my mtree experiment.
> The act of editing a file should leave it r/w, thus automatically
> tagging new files.
No, actually. There is nothing about editing a file that should change
its permissions with any reputable editor.
> And it wouldn't work for me :-(, so I haven't implemented it.
Case closed then. :)
Doug
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