From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 11 00:14:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE63116A4CE; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:14:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CABEB43D31; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:14:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9B0EoS0009619; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:14:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9B0EnYZ009618; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:14:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:14:49 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Makoto Matsushita Message-ID: <20041011001449.GB9460@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20041010011818G.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041010011818G.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What we keep under /etc X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:14:51 -0000 On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 01:18:18AM +0900, Makoto Matsushita wrote: > > Here's my small proposal about this issue... > > There's a variable, MM_PRE_COMPARE_SCRIPT which mergemaster(8) > understands. For those who want to update /etc/rc.d automatically, > write a small script which copies your favorite files to /etc, then > set "MM_PRE_COMPARE_SCRIPT=/your/script.sh" to /etc/mergemaster.rc. The problem is that means customization on many, many machines for me. (especially ones I try to keep virgin clean for testing) Since I hear others complain enough about the issue that started this thread; I dare say the majority would be happy with 'make installworld' updating /etc. And that not doing so should be the exception. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)