Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:11:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Michael Gass <mgass@unix.csbsju.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why old files in /etc ? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906140808380.26412@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20090614123323.GA1085@unix.csbsju.edu> References: <20090614123323.GA1085@unix.csbsju.edu>
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On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Michael Gass wrote: > Just installed 7.2-release in an old Pavilion 4455 (PII, 256M) > and it runs great. Csuped src and ports and rebuilt world and > generic kernel for 7.2-stable and that went well. > > My question is why are the files in /etc in 7.2-stable older > versions (generally) than in 7.2-release? I do not just mean > older by date, but older versions of the files - like many of > the config files for sendmail or the net. Why is stable using > older versions of these files than release? > > Mostly I did not let mergemaster install the files from the build > because they were so much older than the original release versions. > Again, why are the files for stable so much older? Here's part of a thread we had earlier this year: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=253390+0+archive/2009/freebsd-stable/20090301.freebsd-stable -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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