Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:53:05 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: src/etc/Makefile rev 1.326 Message-ID: <20040319185306.780D65D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:06:23 PST." <20040318160501.I3876@qbhto.arg>
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> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:06:23 -0800 (PST) > From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Doug White wrote: > > > I've received a report that this rev of src/etc/Makefile is causing > > device.hints to get spammed unconditionally by mergemaster. > > From day one, mergemaster has never, and as long as I have anything to > say about it, will never, install a new version of a file without the > user explicitly saying, "Yes, do that." I absolutely agree. The defaults in any script like this should always be on the non-destructive side. Of course, the default response to finding something in /etc/rc.d that is not in /var/tmp/temproot/etc/rc.d is to delete it. I find this extremely annoying! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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