Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:24:26 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mergemaster options Message-ID: <49DA1EAA.7030602@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <A78701B2-ACC1-4CF1-8AF8-D76CACDCEDDB@charter.net> References: <AC90374B-AD31-4E02-955E-791C7BB8FB6F@charter.net> <49D9EFA8.709@gmail.com> <A78701B2-ACC1-4CF1-8AF8-D76CACDCEDDB@charter.net>
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Charles Howse wrote: > > > Actually, I wasn't asking about the CVS line with regard to > mergemaster. I realize that mergemaster will stop and ask about any > file in its list with a CVS line older than the new file. > > What I really want to know is, let's say the file above is > /etc/hosts.allow, and I have customized it according to my needs. > If I leave the old file in /etc, I'm thinking it will still work just > fine. It's only mergemaster, and maybe cvsup, and things that > actually deal with version control that are concerned with the CVS line. > Am I correct? > > > You are correct. As long as the content of the file is right for the purpose, the line added by CVS is simply ignored by anything and everything - except mergemaster and friends when upgrading.
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