From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 8 08:36:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA18308 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 08:36:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from netcom1.netcom.com (lax-ca66-45.ix.netcom.com [207.223.161.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA18265 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 08:36:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mvh@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from mvh@localhost) by netcom1.netcom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA00332; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 08:36:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mvh) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 08:36:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Michael V. Harding" Message-Id: <199810081536.IAA00332@netcom1.netcom.com> To: francisco@natserv.com CC: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199810081110.HAA03731@federation.addy.com> (message from Francisco Reyes on Thu, 08 Oct 1998 07:11:15 -0000 (GMT)) Subject: Re: Recommendations on updating /etc for -stable References: <199810081110.HAA03731@federation.addy.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Don't use '/etc/rc.conf' to make changes - make changes in 'rc.conf.local', this file overrides the defaults in '/etc/rc.conf'. Then you can just update '/etc/rc.conf' without needing to edit it. Also check out the port 'sysutils/mergemaster' - it merges a current build with your system, and allows you to edit things by hand. Quite handy - just make sure you don't blow away your password or other files. Make a backup of at least your /etc directory first... this is a great utility, hats off to the author! Mike Harding X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 07:11:15 -0000 (GMT) Reply-To: francisco@natserv.com From: Francisco Reyes Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-RULES: lists I am seeking suggestions on how to best update /etc/ while tracking stable. Any scripts someone has found useful? I read Nick Clayton "Making the world your own" and that answered most questions. On that document there is a mention of a script dircmp.pl and says it is included in FreeBSD versions 2.0 and above. I coult not find it in 2.2.7. Was this command replaced by something else? ---- francisco@natserv.com The power to serve. http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message