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To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... 
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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:50:43 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> 	how about creating HERE documents *inside* sysconfig which create
> 	/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/namedb.boot, ......

So they'd be regenerated each time you booted up?

Hmmmm.  That's not such a terrible idea, actually, just so long as the
here documents were wrapped around:

	if [ -w /etc/targetfile ]; then
		.. here document which writes on it ...
	fi

So that you could handle the read-only-root case.  I kinda like it!
What do others thing?

					Jordan