Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:58:34 +0100 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc maintainence Message-ID: <19980619095834.54343@iii.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199806190349.WAA07258@detlev.UUCP>; from Joel Ray Holveck on Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 10:49:39PM -0500 References: <199806190349.WAA07258@detlev.UUCP>
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On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 10:49:39PM -0500, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > Who has tools (even halfhearted perl scripts) to make -current /etc > maintainance easier? Eg, adding/changing entries in crontab to keep > up with -current, while maintaining your own local entries? <URL:http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.html#TOC-214>; has a link to a small script that compares the files in two directories, and issues recommendations on which ones should be replaced and which ones should be merged. There's also a tip to name the new root directory with a timestamp, which can drastically cut down the amount of changes you need to merge. N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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