From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Apr 21 12:20:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from steeltoe.niceboots.com (steeltoe.niceboots.com [208.25.85.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3944A37B400 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 12:20:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tenebrae@localhost) by steeltoe.niceboots.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) id g3LJKNl02955; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 12:20:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tenebrae) Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 12:20:23 -0700 From: Tenebrae To: "Philip J. Koenig" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory Message-ID: <20020421122023.A2912@steeltoe.niceboots.com> References: <20020420230144663.AAA685@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020420230144663.AAA685@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>; from pjklist@ekahuna.com on Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 04:01:43PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 04:01:43PM -0700, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > My .02: > What I think would be a better way of approaching it is to > incorporate some method of informing users during the upgrade > process, probably part of mergemaster, of what has changed in > /etc/defaults. I think Doug's addition of the -c option is a start, > but I don't think it goes far enough, personally. > > What would be really cool is a mechanism in mergemaster that reads > the version info in your current /etc/defaults/rc.conf file (for > those of us that don't update frequently), and then spits out a list > of changes made since that file was last updated. (as Mike Meyer > noted, including changes in syntax which wouldn't be picked-up by a > simple diff) > > A section of mergemaster which prints key "heads up" items pertaining > to the current build would also be extremely helpful. Sometimes we > forget to read UPDATING, (sometimes the important info isn't there), > sometimes we miss some key piece of info amongst all the other stuff > in the file, and sometimes we just need to be reminded to do > something before rebooting and discovering the box broke in some > unexpected way. (An example of a similiar previous improvement in > mergemaster was a year or 2 ago when it incorporated the re-make > aliases and devices feature at the end of the merging process, which > I think was a excellent idea) Erm... Well then, maybe have mergemaster cat /usr/src/UPDATING at the start. Or rename it to README.1ST. I think FreeBSD is great because it doesn't treat us like idiots, but it's so simple to use that even this idiot can install, setup, and maintain it. -Tenebrae. --- The sending of any unsolicited email advertising messages to this domain may result in the imposition of civil liability against you in accordance with Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Section 17538.45. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message