From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 00:40:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ACD416A41F for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:40:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au) Received: from titania.auscert.org.au (gw.auscert.org.au [203.5.112.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72DF343D46 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:40:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (app [10.0.1.192]) by titania.auscert.org.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j9V0dBio044733; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:39:11 +1000 (EST) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (localhost.auscert.org.au [127.0.0.1]) by app.auscert.org.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j9V0eRs3019720; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:40:27 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au) Message-Id: <200510310040.j9V0eRs3019720@app.auscert.org.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org from: freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:06:52 +0200." <20051026070652.GB440@pc5-179.lri.fr> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:40:27 +1000 Cc: Subject: Re: 6.0 RC1 usbd.conf (and installation comments) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:40:30 -0000 > 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