Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:26:49 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@hodgsonhouse.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1014599380.d11c75@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /altroot? Message-ID: <20020219192649.A1087@hodgsonhouse.com> In-Reply-To: <15474.63315.720844.7299@guru.mired.org>; from mwm-dated-1014599380.d11c75@mired.org on Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:09:39PM -0600 References: <86156277@toto.iv> <15474.63315.720844.7299@guru.mired.org>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:09:39PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > Tillman Hodgson <tillman@hodgsonhouse.com> types: > > Sure. From OpenBSD's /etc/daily: > > I could add that as a script in /etc/periodic/daily, but I'd prefer to > > use built-in functionality rather than duplicate it if it exists. > > The built-in functionality doesn't exist. Might I recommend that you > tweak the script to 1) work on FreeBSD and 2) follow the practices of > /etc/defaults/periodic.conf, then add daily_root_backup to > /etc/defaults/periodic.conf and submit a PR with a patch consisting of > the diff to /etc/defaults/periodic.conf and the tweaked script? That > would get you functionality now, and make it easy for someone it to > find it's way into the base system at some point in the future. > > I'd certainly like to see that done. Will do, thanks. -T -- Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way. Robert Heinlein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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