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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Michael Gass <mgass@unix.csbsju.edu>
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Subject: Re: Why old files in /etc ?
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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