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Date:      Thu, 23 Dec 1999 14:36:31 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To:        "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mergemaster after upgrade 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912231435150.20874-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <00ad01bf4cec$2f096180$0200000a@danco.home>

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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Dan O'Connor wrote:
>
>My theory is to merge in ALL the new stuff, but to watch carefully for
>things in certain files that I have explicitly configured.
>
>For example, I have all my rc.conf overrides in /etc/rc.conf, so I let
>mergemaster happily replace the whole /etc/defaults/rc.conf. But I don't let
>it touch /etc/groups or /etc/passwd. Most of the rest of the files need some
>scrutiny, to see what changed. And soon enough, you'll figure out which
>files you need to really watch closely so you don't blow away your
>settings...

What about the other /etc directories ?  Can i delete those
entirely? isdn, kerberos, gnats, mail, etc?  I don't use anything from
them, that i am aware of.

-jm





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