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Date:      Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:07:20 -0700
From:      "Robert L Sowders" <rsowders@usgs.gov>
To:        Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
Cc:        Christopher Smith <drsmithy@mailbox.uq.edu.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mergemaster -- whats the best way?
Message-ID:  <OFF9F214A9.B4966260-ON88256AE8.00006EE9@wr.usgs.gov>
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I not sure I'm following your thoughts here, I thought the 
/etc/defaults/rc.conf should never be modified by the user and 
/etc/rc.conf is not touched by mergemaster so I don't really see how it 
applies here.





Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
Sent by: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
10/16/2001 04:43 PM

 
        To:     Christopher Smith <drsmithy@mailbox.uq.edu.au>
        cc:     freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
        Subject:        Re: mergemaster -- whats the best way?

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Christopher Smith wrote:

> [chomp]
> 

> 
> P'raps even merge both ideas into one - a "preprocessor" that does the 
file 
> comparisons to find files modified since install that then passes those 
> files in an exclusion list...
> 
The problem with ignoring modified files is that you modify (for example)
/etc/group when you add a user, but sometimes there's a new "system"
group that needs to be added (for example, the network group was added
a few years ago).  Changes get made to /etc/defaults/rc.conf that require
changes to /etc/rc.conf; also the /etc/.ssh stuff. So leaving modified
files alone is not a complete solution.

                 Annelise 

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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I not sure I'm following your thoughts here, I thought the /etc/defaults/rc.conf should never be modified by the user and /etc/rc.conf is not touched by mergemaster so I don't really see how it applies here.</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Christopher Smith wrote:<br>
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&gt; [chomp]<br>
&gt; <br>
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&gt; <br>
&gt; P'raps even merge both ideas into one - a &quot;preprocessor&quot; that does the file <br>
&gt; comparisons to find files modified since install that then passes those <br>
&gt; files in an exclusion list...<br>
&gt; <br>
The problem with ignoring modified files is that you modify (for example)<br>
/etc/group when you add a user, but sometimes there's a new &quot;system&quot;<br>
group that needs to be added (for example, the network group was added<br>
a few years ago). &nbsp;Changes get made to /etc/defaults/rc.conf that require<br>
changes to /etc/rc.conf; also the /etc/.ssh stuff. So leaving modified<br>
files alone is not a complete solution.<br>
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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Annelise <br>
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Available from: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com<br>
Book Website: &nbsp; &nbsp;http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br>
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