Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 22:54:55 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net> To: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org> Cc: Mit Rowe <mitayai@dreaming.org>, FreeBSD-Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /etc/mail/mailer.conf Message-ID: <3BC5342F.413C942C@DougBarton.net> References: <DBEMKGPNFGOGJHLMDNDJIEJFDAAA.mitayai@dreaming.org> <20011009160758.A98953@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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Sean Kelly wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:50:48AM -0400, Mit Rowe wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Was wondering... is it really necessary for mergemaster to check
> > /etc/mail/mailer.conf? Can't we have /etc/mail/mailer.conf.sample or
> > something similar instead?
>
> Same for the group and passwd files.
We can't put training wheels on everything. If you don't trust yourself
not to accidentally overwrite those files, create a mergemaster
MM_PRE_COMPARE_SCRIPT script that deletes them from the temp root so you
can't make any mistakes.
Good luck,
Doug
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- George W. Bush, President of the United States
September 20, 2001
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