Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:08:45 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Cc: FreeBSD-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/13240: Mergemaster doesn't create /dev/ttyvXX's. Message-ID: <37BD7D8D.AB459F7B@gorean.org> References: <19990818233212.02D5ABB54@flux.tao.org.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908191221280.57251-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com> <19990820084826.A20716@pavilion.net>
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Josef Karthauser wrote: > > 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 ;). I've put this on the list of things to consider for the next version. In all likelihood this sounds like a good thing for verbose mode, as opposed to doing it every time. Thanks for the idea, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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