Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 11:25:51 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Files in /etc containing empty VCSId header Message-ID: <2bd37d63-1806-b621-a32b-954c912bd16b@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20210520183705.3673dfb2@bsd64.grem.de> References: <20210520183705.3673dfb2@bsd64.grem.de>
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On 5/20/21 9:37 AM, Michael Gmelin wrote: > Hi, > > After a binary update using freebsd-update, all files in /etc contain > "empty" VCS Id headers, e.g., > > $ head /etc/nsswitch.conf > # > # nsswitch.conf(5) - name service switch configuration file > # $FreeBSD$ > # > group: compat > group_compat: nis > hosts: files dns > netgroup: compat > networks: files > passwd: compat > > After migrating to git, I would've expected those to contain something > else or disappear completely. Is this expected and are there any plans > to remove them completely? I believe we might eventually remove them in the future, but doing so right now would introduce a lot of churn and the conversion to git had enough other churn going on. -- John Baldwin
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