From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 19 07:01:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA29614 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 07:01:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA29608; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 07:01:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA28499; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:01:02 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id QAA07180; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:01:00 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980319160058.14256@follo.net> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:00:58 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Studded , FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion about script to update /etc, etc. References: <3510CC73.307E199D@dal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <3510CC73.307E199D@dal.net>; from Studded on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 11:42:43PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 11:42:43PM -0800, Studded wrote: > One of the things that has been often requested is a method of > automatically updating the files installed by /usr/src/etc/Makefile for > the user. I have developed the following system based in part on the one > in Nik Clayton's make world tutorial. > http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.html It is still easier to do this correctly if you base yourself on having a pristine version of the initial etc files available, and use 'merge' to do the actual merge. This can be extracted from the CVS repository, but the users that have that available probably isn't the primary target (except if they have the CD-ROM, of course... :-) Jordan - what's the chance of automatically getting a pristine copy of the /etc directory stored along the actual one, for later upgrades? Just making sysinstall copy all files in /etc into /etc/pristine on initial install should make good upgrades much easier... Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message