Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 08:42:26 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, jb@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile Message-ID: <199812131642.IAA06015@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199812122318.KAA27548@cimlogic.com.au> <199812130825.KAA17866@greenpeace.grondar.za> <xzp4sr043ye.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <199812131244.OAA18957@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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:Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: :> Better, but not sufficient; it assumes that the user checks 'ls :> /etc/*sample' after make world. For such a feature to have any effect, :> you have to somehow warn the user about missing files, e.g. by mailing :> a list to root. : :I can see annoyed users turning this off and _still_ complaining. Current :is turning into too much of a commodity with not enough emphasis of "thou :shalt RTFM and RTSL". : :M :-- :Mark Murray :Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org I think installing 'sample' files in /etc is a bad idea. I don't see a problem with the upgrade/install make/script installing config files that did not previously exist in /etc, as long as those config files don't actually cause the system to do anything differently then it would have prior to the upgrade. For necessary edits, such as adding new users and groups, we would need something more sophisticated that tells the user what needs to be done and then asks the user to either do it, or to allow the make/script to do it. -Matt Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet Communications & God knows what else. <dillon@backplane.com> (Please include original email in any response) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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