Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:17:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: remove empty TEMPROOT dirs at mergemaster's end? (was: cvs commit:src/usr.sbin/mergemaster mergemaster.sh) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008231216080.7876-100000@dt051n1f.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <00Aug23.140643est.115225@border.alcanet.com.au>
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> But displaying the differences means that you get to see what has
> changed (and hence what changes are needed in your local overrides).
>
> As an example, rc.conf was recently changed (in -current) to not
> start inetd, portmap or sendmail. If you are actually relying on
> any of these daemons, and you actually notice the differences in
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf, you will be able to update /etc/rc.conf
> without a period of head-scratching when they don't start.
Or worse, complete inability to reach the box in the case of a
remote upgrade. This is just about the best example I've seen in recent
days of why I feel justified in "enforcing" the policy of making the
administrator LOOK at the changes before installing.
Thanks,
Doug
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