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Date:      Sat, 4 Jun 2005 22:02:37 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.root.dist
Message-ID:  <20050604210237.GM14221@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050604190643.GA1615@gothmog.gr>
References:  <200505302051.j4UKpDdf066810@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050604190643.GA1615@gothmog.gr>

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On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 10:06:43PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2005-05-30 20:51, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > rwatson     2005-05-30 20:51:13 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     etc/mtree            BSD.root.dist
> >   Log:
> >   Add /etc/security, into which the BSM audit configuration files will =
be
> >   installed.  This is the same directory as found on Solaris.
> >
> >   NB: In FreeBSD 4.x and earlier, a script (file) named /etc/security
> >   exists.  Does mergemaster need to be taught how to replace a file with
> >   a directory?
>=20
> mergemaster includes a check for "removed" files, but I'm not sure if it
> can handle a directory entry that has a different file type.  IMHO, this
> may have to be checked iff the /etc/security changes are MFC'ed to 5.X.
> Otherwise, it shouldn't be a problem, since upgrading from 4.X to 6.X is
> probably unsupported (or, at least, people who try it should be prepared
> to pay great attention to details like this one).

Agreed.  Plus:

	shrike-{~} % uname -sr
	FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE
	shrike-{~} % ll /etc/security
	ls: /etc/security: No such file or directory
	shrike-{~} %

I don't think we support anything other than the head of RELENG_4 ->
-CURRENT either.

Ceri
--=20
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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