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Date:      14 Dec 1998 13:37:59 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>
Cc:        Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile
Message-ID:  <xzpbtl6dhlk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Blaz Zupan's message of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:45:24 %2B0100 (CET)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812132237500.816-100000@gold.amis.net>

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Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net> writes:
> Ok, I can go and browse through the mailing list archives for any HEADS-UP
> messages and hope that I find all the important changes. But wouldn't it
> be much easier to just read some text file, which has a checklist of
> things to do, like:
> 
> - check that user "foo" exists, if not create it
> - make sure you have file /etc/bar.conf

Such a file would need to be updated for *every* flag day, and would
quickly grow large. And you'd have no end of trouble trying to find
out where to start, because you might not remember the exact date of
your last 'make world'. It's a nice idea, but it's impractical.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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