Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:32:35 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall bug? Message-ID: <199911091632.RAA27335@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Yiorgos Adamopoulos wrote in list.freebsd-stable:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 03:52:26AM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > Now my question is: Isn't sysinstall supposed to look for
> > existing entries in /etc/rc.conf and _replace_ them, instead
>
> That would be one way of doing things.
The only clean way, IMO.
> Well, the nice thing with the way sysinstall works now is that you have a
> history of changes in /etc/rc.conf. Much like the way you do when you change
> it by hand (you do comment changes, don't you? ;-)
I use CVS for all non-trivial configuration files. Using
commented lines as a "history" is an ugly hack. Not an
option.
> I do not thing it is a mistake/bug, rather it is a deliberate design feature.
I don't believe that (and I think I'm right, see Jordan's
reply).
> duplicate keys. Which makes me wonder: Couldn't rc.conf get generated by
> something like a NEWDB map?
What advantage would that have, except for obfuscating the
whole thing?
Regards
Oliver
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