Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:57:29 -0700 From: Mike Porter <mupi@mknet.org> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: documenting nonexistent files Message-ID: <00113006572909.11309@mukappa.home.com> In-Reply-To: <3A262AF9.5020108@i-clue.de> References: <4910.975533445@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> <p05001918b64b6effa13c@[192.168.168.205]> <3A262AF9.5020108@i-clue.de>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Christoph Sold wrote: > Great work. I like it. Wish I had such a thing when I started to stumble > around FreeBSD... <aol> Me Too! </aol> > > [snip] > > defaults / default configuration files > > Add a note not to change the files in the defaults directory, but to > create a file with the same name in the /etc directory, and to just put > the changed values into. > Although this may better belong in the handbook, where there is a little more space for a more detailed explanation, for a truly new user, they might appreciate something along the lines of: "use 'cp original_file ..' and then edit the new file (unless there ISN'T an "original" file in /etc/defaults, then you will need to copy it out of usr/share/examples/etc/defaults)" I know we want to kind of keep things simple in the README, but the copy in /etc/defaults (if it exists) (and if I am not mistaken....) should be treated as "more" canonical than /usr/share/examples/etc, especially in the case of a system that wasn't "properly" upgraded. (if they user is using CVS or whatever to update their system, /etc/defaults and /usr/share/examples/etc/defaults *should* be the same, unless I'm missing something, but if they aren't.... ) Overall, though, looks pretty good to my unpracticed eye. mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjomXMoACgkQZ7GovTQbIm4f7gCeNxWVOyGWMsqzuzvDJqRs0xWS XI8An2KjfWyKLZG6uk95Qi+2yBqMsNbj =ZAba -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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