From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 19 16:45:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA11917 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:45:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aaka.3skel.com (aaka.3skel.com [207.240.212.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA11696; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:45:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danj@3skel.com) Received: from fnur.3skel.com (fnur.3skel.com [192.168.0.8]) by aaka.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id TAA19428; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 19:44:26 -0500 (EST) Received: (from danj@localhost) by fnur.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) id TAA04352; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 19:44:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 19:44:25 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Janowski Message-Id: <199803200044.TAA04352@fnur.3skel.com> To: eivind@yes.no, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Discussion about script to update /etc, etc. Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG, Studded@dal.net Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" > > > 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... > > Hmmmmm. I don't like this. I think we need to simply bite the bullet > and make the user-mutable parts of the /etc configuration template > based, as Paul Traina first suggested about, oh, 2 years ago. :-) > > Any takers? > > Jordan By what do we mean template based? I have a running M4 based system that does rc.conf, uucp, ppp, and a bunch of other crap. I have also (a long time ago) made a mechanism oriented around a /etc/config directory similar to the IRIX 'chkconfig' mechanism. What form would templates take? Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message