Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 13:49:11 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <20200215064911.GF1482@admin.sibptus.ru> In-Reply-To: <20200214203134.17f6d4bd@moonstudio> References: <20200214121620.GA80657@admin.sibptus.ru> <BAF0D681-7C95-419E-A49C-993F0EA39748@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200214195430.25365f87@moonstudio> <7371554e-82a3-a7aa-b764-ae2627e241d3@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200214203134.17f6d4bd@moonstudio>
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--hK8Uo4Yp55NZU70L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote: >=20 > Another PITA on Linux machines are drop directories, overriding sane > configs, providing everything in one place. >=20 > IOW a user might rely on /etc/foo.conf , but an update despotic installs >=20 > /etc/foo.d/10-bar.conf >=20 > and >=20 > /etc/foo.d/20-bra.conf >=20 > overriding all the values chosen for bar and bra by the admin, stored > in /etc/foo.conf . >=20 > An update never ever would replace /etc/foo.conf . On Arch Linux it > would be stored as /etc/foo.conf.pacnew , almost all Linux distros > provide such a solution, but the admin is screwed, if an update does > add a file to /etc/foo.d/ . FreeBSD has taken this path too (looking at /etc/rc.conf.d/, /etc/cron.d and numerous others). FreeBSD's config merging solutions (mergemaster for src updates and freebsd-update calling sdiff) are pretty good IMHO. --=20 Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ --hK8Uo4Yp55NZU70L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJeR5RnAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY0tZQH/jlJf/Mhvzknn7kAUlZO2OE1 mGITSWHnp27pCgyZJcgT5u3vWEjv3OIBYOU12HKVwiPV+iS/EME3bfwwGS1NpmkJ Z+NCNm56wgdXuBu0/rr74DkeQJBR55O2Xx3FlHTAWWXQpe/px4TNqH7Gm3MWPVvX Cg37VlzXgkHOWKhH38+aj0ExVDAD5eKMef/L9qJApWrFAc8/isT24dXK335KKPS6 noPugkC7oZ+sidbdakSLShVbFBA5ubf53AaJyCDFv7rLkC2ywvH1UyS8dHToeFy0 xdg0sKKLCfT+dfgwstrGwoUXcsKkRlyAXggHhd05bu3tiI3dEP4d+8o/Ow49XGM= =qQ4K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hK8Uo4Yp55NZU70L--
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