From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 7 14:02:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C1B16A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:02:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakermmtao12.cox.net (lakermmtao12.cox.net [68.230.240.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 402D043D1D for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:02:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from A.J.Caines@halplant.com) Received: from mail.halplant.com ([68.100.162.49]) by lakermmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.01 201-2131-111-101-20040311) with ESMTP id <20040407210143.LQDF10805.lakermmtao12.cox.net@mail.halplant.com> for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:01:43 -0400 Received: by mail.halplant.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DDBCB32; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:01:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:01:43 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040407210143.GC28868@hal9000.halplant.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20040407224655.48f51099.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040407224655.48f51099.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Organization: H.A.L. Plant X-PGP-Fingerprint: C59A 2F74 1139 9432 B457 0B61 DDF2 AA61 67C3 18A1 X-Powered-by: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE X-URL: http://halplant.com:88/ X-Yahoo-Profile: AJ_Z0 X-ICQ: 283813972 Importance: Normal User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: esd.conf overwritten when port is upgraded? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrew J Caines List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 21:02:46 -0000 Torfinn, > upgraded the port, and noticed that it overwrote the config file It has been doing that for a while. > Is this correct behaviour? Nope, quite the opposite. Installing a $config.default and optionally copying to $config if it does not already exist is preferable, even correct. > Or should I report it to the port maintainer? It has been brought up before, but since it's still broken, I'd be in favour. -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |