Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:05:04 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for review: nsswitch Message-ID: <20000831130504.A26641@hamlet.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <39AE970A.30208A56@newsguy.com>; from dcs@newsguy.com on Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 02:34:02AM %2B0900 References: <20000830071347.A1167@hamlet.nectar.com> <39AD222B.CE9A26B5@newsguy.com> <20000830132053.A15387@hamlet.nectar.com> <39AE970A.30208A56@newsguy.com>
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On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 02:34:02AM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > The reason is the following: when upgrading, merging changes to defaults > against user modifications is not only very hard, but we have no support > for it at all with our tools. The defaults for nsswitch.conf will not change, ever. They have been chosen to emulate the traditional behavior. > Anyway, if there is not default file being installed, then, indeed, the > /etc/defaults thingy is not needed at all. Right, much like /etc/resolv.conf. -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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