From owner-freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Thu Aug 10 15:38:43 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pkgbase@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C749DD60C9 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:38:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6074::16:84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 478CA65A49; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:38:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6074::16:84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 722E135D9; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:38:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:38:40 +0000 From: Glen Barber To: Matthew Seaman Cc: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgbase update and progress Message-ID: <20170810153840.GC82820@FreeBSD.org> References: <20170810140615.GD63224@FreeBSD.org> <1218488026.1377609.1502378299872.JavaMail.zimbra@ixsystems.com> <20170810152151.GB82820@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CblX+4bnyfN0pR09" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE amd64 X-SCUD-Definition: Sudden Completely Unexpected Dataloss X-SULE-Definition: Sudden Unexpected Learning Event X-PEKBAC-Definition: Problem Exists, Keyboard Between Admin/Computer X-Spidey-Sense: Uh oh, Peter logged in User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.2 (2017-04-18) X-BeenThere: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Packaging the FreeBSD base system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:38:43 -0000 --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 04:34:58PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 10/08/2017 16:21, Glen Barber wrote: > >> * Since we have no mechanism of properly merging changes to /etc > >> we simply copy files as needed with pc-updatemanager, and it is > >> difficult to maintain what should be updated, merged, or removed. > >> > > This is another long-standing item in the list of things to fix, indeed. >=20 > The idea floated at BSDCam was to have a package that would install a > pristine copy of the /etc files under /var/db/etcupdate and prompt the > user to then use that tool to update or install their configs. That > should provide a nice compromise between having the files available from > pkgs and not enforcing a specific mechanism (tools, not policy) to > update /etc. >=20 Yeah, this came up at BSDCan last year, I think. I think this is the right approach. Glen --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEjRJAPC5sqwhs9k2jAxRYpUeP4pMFAlmMfgAACgkQAxRYpUeP 4pOxGg/+M2JnrtEqX325Rz2NRRqOqkdSRtfFq9l/CQKxGhq+hm3xsfgatgLIFDmn nH6zULhUJ5ei95TI/95D8Zb2bBvj/338tfHiV/efmZOciEvZLCFgfaGrQoJzhij5 dr/1oa+cQZ4BrAljWXbpPVlhf5R+ll+nFoCfG0mAaL3zDdhlVFxUhKnIg4oPSFkS zmPBeNkumRL4CF/JcgMz993Uv3aWGVy3oVGxeQDO5roO9ZeMYHOjdn8gALtH+i3R KUFVvUN3ZljeoZ19Fwz4WA3+KelUbkNX8E1tB58MQJtZjceDYBzqc2WRA8EqUB8F eHAoBK7SEYWmKZ8YmBT4tos0WOzLr6bspczURjdo3Am9TrvuYVU1SZq3LqyZcB8t FFzMybmwWpg07DLBezDgqS1nrBkJIjAJd3RT13r6sgHwHAeE4dP7LCsCTLp7DuBd jzJYCpiPzo/cQh57kl4p6q/QejkiVQY8e1qhI9d1bHkjDlZRMsNZZ8fNrqOzwj1O PMVHzAFfO/dvRkco3PkYMP17ZCf0scGpYknZWPOzJ7rDzwOiEH9N05T0yqZxZc+q tAaX5Ft+2E9ryVdgYqPG4dCuc1lj9Ey83WzMjnWDpMBSbOB1xv6pvmwNm+A9MWP8 7/oRC/SPPm6n5Crs4qamAeZEdc25HWI62I/T4TNODEufUoLAHCQ= =77mU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09--