From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 10 13:50:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA29288 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA29281 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:50:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id NAA09581; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:29:18 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199704102029.NAA09581@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:29:18 -0700 (MST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, sef@Kithrup.COM, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199704100514.XAA24408@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Apr 9, 97 11:14:11 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > If you are taking your 2.2.1 sources and patching them to -STABLE, > > > > you upgrade /etc/ like anyone else with source does. > > > > > > Contestant #1: That would be "By hand" for an hour, Bob... > > > Bob: Ab-So-LUTE-Ly Right! > > > > Ah, about five minutes. Especially if you're the neat sort that makes > > notes. > > Heck, even if you don't take notes, it's pretty easy if you know what > you're doing. I upgraded the /etc files on Sean's box in about 15 > minutes, and I've *NEVER* seen his box nor his configuration ever > before. The point is to embed the knowledge in the software, not in the people who administer it, so that you can replace the people who administer it when they make fun of your pointy hair and strangely dog-like consultant. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.