Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 03:46:58 +0900 From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: eivind@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What we keep under /etc Message-ID: <20041010034658O.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20041009182245.GB1737@FreeBSD.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0410091546140.2113@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <20041010011818G.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20041009182245.GB1737@FreeBSD.org>
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Please consider what FreeBSD users think, not us -- they usually change /etc files directly (not using CVS or revision control system, nor making a diff against the original), updating the world from a new source code _not_ so many times, read written documentation (not Makefile nor code itself), ... IMHO for those users, updating /etc files without any warnings could lead a panic, so we must avoid it as we can. For my understandings, that's why mergemaster(8) (or "check and help updating /etc files" tool) is there. If mergemaster(8) behaves badly, we can fix it -- not changing what "make installworld" does. eivind> I think this is a good solution because this is not a merging eivind> problem, it is a mergemaster problem. Thank you. > Since mergemaster(8) is considered as a mandatory tool for admin (I > hope nobody objects), eivind> I object. Ouch:) Yes I know that some users doesn't update /etc if installworld as you mentioned. However, according to src/UPDATING, mergemaster(8) is listed in source-code upgrade procedure -- and many users knows what mergemaster(8) is. Many guys mentioned to use mergemaster(8) on current@/stable@ list. No matter what you dislike or not, it seems that it's mandatory one.... In anyway, eivind> The majority do (in order of frequence, high to low) manual eivind> updates or don't update /etc unless they have to or use eivind> etcmerge or write their own scripts. you also think that it would be better updating /etc files by some other tools (well, I'll try using etcmerge later, thank you), not by "make installworld", right? -- - Makoto `MAR' Matsushita
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