Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:40:27 +1000 From: freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 RC1 usbd.conf (and installation comments) Message-ID: <200510310040.j9V0eRs3019720@app.auscert.org.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:06:52 %2B0200." <20051026070652.GB440@pc5-179.lri.fr>
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> Just a few words on that point ... after some use of mergemaster, it > seems to me that a big part of /etc have to be update blindly for most > users (things in rc.d, and some other places where there's files that > haven't to changed or that are system script that most users won't > modify.) > > I hadn't time to add a possibility for mergemaster to perform blind > updates of such files[1], but it seems not so complicated to do so. > > Does anyone else thinks that's an interesting idea ? > > [1] : providing a list of directories and/or files to mergemaster for > which blind updates could be perform, for example ... Interesting, but for mine it sounds like more complexity than needed. I'd be happy with a simple option to automatically replace any files with newer CVS ID, and just make sure I took a backup of /etc before beginning. cheers, joel -- Joel Hatton -- Security Analyst | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
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