From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Aug 20 0:48:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8990C15298 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:48:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@florence.pavilion.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) id IAA21035; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:48:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:48:26 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Doug Cc: FreeBSD-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/13240: Mergemaster doesn't create /dev/ttyvXX's. Message-ID: <19990820084826.A20716@pavilion.net> References: <19990818233212.02D5ABB54@flux.tao.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug on Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 12:26:08PM -0700 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, 24 The Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EL, England Phone: +44-845-333-5000 Fax: +44-845-333-5001 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 12:26:08PM -0700, Doug wrote: > Before I forget, thanks to Chris for closing this PR. > > No, it shouldn't. :) Its only job is to show you the differences > between your installation and the defaults, and to allow you to blend them > together according to your preferences. Mergemaster would have shown you > the diff's to /etc/ttys, then it's up to you to take action on rebuilding > your devices as necessary. > > One of the fundamental design goals for mm is to be VERY > conservative as to what it does and does not do. Spontaneously remaking > a system's devices at the wrong time would be a Bad Thing (TM). Ok - I'm playing devil's advocate here because _I_ know how to update /dev, but I've seen uses who don't use mergemaster and fry their X11 system because of the changes to the vty configs recently. At the very "conservative" least a message about how to update /dev could be helpful ;). Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message