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Date:      Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:02:02 +0100
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Adam Gregoire <ebola@psychoholics.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/rc.d devfs dumpon initrandom rcconf.sh resolv src/share/man/man5 rc.conf.5 src/share/man/man8 diskless.8
Message-ID:  <20051219080202.r66mwg2dq80g4wc0@netchild.homeip.net>
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Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:02:27 -0800
>> Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Adam Gregoire wrote:
>>>
>>>> A diff for the addition of rcconf.sh to Obsoletefiles.inc.
>>> Thanks. I want to hold off on that till we're 100% sure it can go 
>>> away. I'm about 95% sure now.
>>
>> Just a little thing to think about: where do we want to handle this, in
>> mergemaster, or in ObsoleteFiles.inc?
>
> Sorry it took so long to get back to you on this. Including the files 
> in the obsolete file list won't hurt anything, and could make 
> mergemaster easier for those that use the obsolete file service.

It could hurt people which use the obsolete file service, but don't use (or
forget to use) mergemaster. There are other ways to shoot into the own foot
(e.g. by not using mergemaster correctly), so should we care about this
situation, or is this a "please follow the documented procedures" case?

Bye,
Alexander.

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