Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:38:13 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ifconfig config of gif tunnels Message-ID: <20021014203813.GM315@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200210140749.g9E7no8I059814@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20021013172810.A19177@titus.hanley.stade.co.uk> <20021013130138.G523-100000@femme.sapphite.org> <20021013214642.GB90169@blossom.cjclark.org> <200210132154.g9DLsUmc057065@apollo.backplane.com> <15786.1827.305324.786368@ice.wonderworks.com> <200210140205.g9E25bCW058389@apollo.backplane.com> <3DAA29D1.8050207@potentialtech.com> <20021014041345.GB90575@blossom.cjclark.org> <200210140749.g9E7no8I059814@apollo.backplane.com>
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On 2002-Oct-14 00:49:50 -0700, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote: > I also like the idea someone posted in regards to having a list of > files 'typically never modified by the sysop', e.g. /etc/defaults/*, > /etc/rc*, and so forth, though with the patches I have so far that > particular problem is not so big a deal any more (at least not for me). This sounds nice but you can get bitten when a change in (eg) /etc/defaults/rc.conf means that you need to change your /etc/rc.conf to compensate. I don't want to start a thread on whether or not this is a good idea. It _has_ occurred (eg changes to inetd and sendmail) and will probably occur again. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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