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Date:      Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:26:00 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r224674 - head/etc
Message-ID:  <4E40E108.700@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAGE5yCppGY1YEtX7sND4yj15L8etUWR55Xcyg9E25UH9WAFuFQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201108060916.p769Gr4A043462@svn.freebsd.org> <9DDF0DAB-9056-45CD-8CE9-81B621A35B13@nitro.dk> <CAGH67wQ1NNrT8becXq5oFgXf7QP6ZUmqLEiaBqdO-afJBx4K2w@mail.gmail.com> <4E3F6216.5080706@FreeBSD.org> <CAGE5yCqBwfqd6jwXMzLrGqDcAWvvbq8nyXdTKmMFA%2BOx86rnOQ@mail.gmail.com> <4E40D57C.3070705@FreeBSD.org> <CAGE5yCppGY1YEtX7sND4yj15L8etUWR55Xcyg9E25UH9WAFuFQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On 08/08/2011 23:41, Peter Wemm wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 08/08/2011 23:31, Peter Wemm wrote:
>>> No, if people use mergemaster in this mode:
>>>      -U          Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modified.
>>> .. then mergemaster will silently turn off NIS for you.
>>>
>>> If it is considered bad practice to use -U, then people should be
>>> directed away from it.
>>
>> I've been telling people that this is a bad idea since day 1. It's also
>> the reason I refuse to make it the default.
> 
> It should say so in the documentation.

Patch sent to re@. Thanks.

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