Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:45:24 +0100 (CET) From: Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net> To: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812132237500.816-100000@gold.amis.net> In-Reply-To: <199812131924.UAA10143@ocean.campus.luth.se>
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> Ok, so I don't whine (about that :). I try and find out what broke, > and get into shape again. But maybe I haven't updated in 2-3 weeks, > and I can't remember all the "/etc/pam.conf"'s that went into the tree > since last time. It would be real handy with a "make check_etc" which > would list files missing, and (based on the RCS id and/or change dates) > what files have been updated, or which users/groups have been > added/removed. Actually, wouldn't even a text file with documentation on what to do help out in this situation? Ok, I can go and browse through the mailing list archives for any HEADS-UP messages and hope that I find all the important changes. But wouldn't it be much easier to just read some text file, which has a checklist of things to do, like: - check that user "foo" exists, if not create it - make sure you have file /etc/bar.conf - ... Putting this file in /usr/src and calling it something like README.FIRST would hopefully be enough for the clueless -current newbie to notice (if not, then we can't help them, really). I know that we have the upgrade instructions on the web, but somebody has to _find_ that first and we know from experience that it takes a lot of time for people to find important info like this (before asking stupid and often repeated questions on the newsgroups or mailing lists). If we put a file in the repository, everybody who is able to cvsup will get it right away in front of their face. Blaz Zupan, blaz@medinet.si, http://home.amis.net/blaz Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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