From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jun 19 01:59:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA24241 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 01:59:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [195.89.149.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA24221 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 01:59:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA10782; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:59:15 +0100 (BST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA01858; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:58:35 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19980619095834.54343@iii.co.uk> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:58:34 +0100 To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc maintainence References: <199806190349.WAA07258@detlev.UUCP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <199806190349.WAA07258@detlev.UUCP>; from Joel Ray Holveck on Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 10:49:39PM -0500 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? 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