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Date:      Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:29:15 +0300
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: etcupdate tool in base?
Message-ID:  <AANLkTimSVUZjim-eraoJyZf-T982GceZjs7yV97qr8dd@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201006101346.59824.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <201006101346.59824.jhb@freebsd.org>

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> I've had several folks ask me recently about importing etcupdate
> (http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/etcupdate) into the base system as an alternate
> tool for updating /etc during upgrades.  Do folks have any strong objections
> to doing so?  More details about how it works and an HTML version of the
> manpage can be found at the URL above.

-1 unless mergemaster is replaced.

I'm ***not*** saying that mergemaster should be replaced.

The base system would get too bloated if too many tools are added.

-- 
Eitan Adler



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