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Date:      Tue, 24 Mar 1998 15:13:31 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>, gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: after the release ... 
Message-ID:  <199803240443.PAA10482@cain.gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:41:25 -0800." <199803231942.LAA07832@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> 

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> reported, and the user has the option of forcing the patch in, based on 
> the original binary kept in backup, or aborting the patch.  If the user 
> forces the patch in, it would be up to the user to re-apply any user 
> modifications.
> If on the other hand the user modification is not in the database, any 
> user modification cannot be identified and the patch will need to be 
> aborted.  Then it's up to the user to figure out what went wrong.

This sounds like a good approach.. OK so who is going to code it? :)

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|http://www.gsoft.com.au                                            |
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