Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 22:28:44 +0300 From: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> Cc: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org>, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, rgrimes@freebsd.org, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r334617 - in head: . etc Message-ID: <20180605192844.GO2450@kib.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <5B16D8C4.10809@grosbein.net> References: <201806041847.w54IlCUu097084@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <1528138550.3632147.1396107464.614818A8@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20180605150022.Horde.emnJxb8rKYqAvChLgWoX9vf@webmail.leidinger.net> <1528212242.2273706.1397239144.6BEBF1F9@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20180605164627.GM2450@kib.kiev.ua> <1528222385.2736229.1397446048.17853CA8@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20180605182605.GN2450@kib.kiev.ua> <5B16D8C4.10809@grosbein.net>
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 01:39:00AM +0700, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > 06.06.2018 1:26, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > >>> I find it often very useful to do > >>> (cd src/etc/rc.d && make install) > >>> Same for defaults and several other directories which in fact contains > >>> non-editable content. Is this planned to keep working ? > >> > >> The short answer is, no. All rc.d scripts get moved to the src of the program they start. > >> > >> That said, if there is a big need for this, we can see about options to keep them working. > >> > >> What are you trying to accomplish when you do this? Just verify the rc.d scripts match your src tree? > > > > I avoid mergemaster/etcupdate and whatever else. rc.d and /etc/rc, > > /etc/rc.subr /etc/rc.network are not suitable to etc, they are binaries > > provided by the project not for the user editing. > > > > When upgrading the host, esp. on HEAD, i usually refresh scripts by this > > procedure and avoid any editing and implied conflict resolution for real > > configs. > > > > Not being able to easily install clean copies of these scripts would > > be very inconvenient and time consuming. > > I found that "mergemaster -iFUP" deals with unchanged files including mentioned rc* scripts just fine. > That is, it automatically refreshes unchanged files without any silly questions just for change of $FreeBSD$. No, you missed the point. Whatever nice is the handling of unchanged files, use of mergemaster forces me to handle changed files, which is exactly what I do not want/need to do. Yes, I update crashboxes very often, and I want to get all new code, including the startup scripts, when I update.
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