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Date:      Fri, 24 Dec 1999 14:55:48 -0800
From:      "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>
To:        "Jonathon McKitrick" <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: mergemaster after upgrade 
Message-ID:  <020f01bf4e62$073f1740$0200000a@danco.home>

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>>> 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.
>>
>>Just leave 'em alone.  One day you might need them, and they're not
>>hurting you now. :-)
>>
>>The disadvantage or removing them is that mergemaster will think they're
>>new files _every_ time you run it from here on. :-)
>
>So it would make sense to just allow mergemaster to replace them all with
>the current versions, and then leave them alone?


Yup. You've got it! And if they haven't changed the next time you do a 'make
world', mergemaster won't even ask you about them...

Merry Christmas!

--Dan

**  The thing I like most about Windows 98 is...
**  You can download FreeBSD with it!




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