From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 9 00:19:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12589 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 00:19:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phmit.demon.co.uk (phmit.demon.co.uk [194.222.15.209]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA12584 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 00:19:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dom@phmit.demon.co.uk) Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk [192.15.143.228] by phmit.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.82 #1) id 0zRWpY-0002tL-00; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:19:16 +0100 Received: from dom by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with local (Exim 1.92 #1) id 0zRWrW-0005rq-00; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:21:18 +0100 To: francisco@natserv.com cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommendations on updating /etc for -stable X-Mailer: nmh v0.26 X-Colour: Green Organization: Palmer & Harvey McLane In-reply-to: Francisco Reyes's message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 07:11:15 -0000" <199810081110.HAA03731@federation.addy.com> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 08:21:18 +0100 From: Dom Mitchell Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 8 October 1998, Francisco Reyes proclaimed: > I am seeking suggestions on how to best update /etc/ while tracking stable. > Any scripts someone has found useful? I find that a little script to descend over /etc and run ident over that and it's equivalent in /usr/src/etc works wonders. Then I use Emacs' ediff mode to update any out of date files in question. It's not the most efficient solution (in terms of your time), but it works pretty well. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Xerox studies suggest that most people print out electronic mail that is longer than half a page; paper use rises by 40 percent in offices that introduce E-mail." -- CCM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message