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Cc: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>,
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Subject: Re: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and
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On Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:14:51 am Ed Schouten wrote:
> * Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, 20111027 13:06:
> > I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
> > it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
> > files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this,
> > you must either merge the changes in or keep your local one.
> 
> It would have been so awesome if our /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group
> included an #include directive.

I do agree with this.  Or if you could have /etc/passwd.d and /etc/group.d 
directories that can contain files that are auto-included.

-- 
John Baldwin