Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:02:16 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: sig@is.akita-u.ac.jp Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/shells #include syntax support patch Message-ID: <14966.15560.809818.773206@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <lyzog9lq2z.wl@lambda.is.akita-u.ac.jp> References: <20010128101349.2c94539f.steveo@eircom.net> <20010128190227.B25222@spawn.nectar.com> <200101290453.f0T4roq13148@whizzo.transsys.com> <20010129105930.C62046@lflat.vas.mobilix.dk> <xzpg0i2ljjz.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <lyzog9lq2z.wl@lambda.is.akita-u.ac.jp>
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sig@is.akita-u.ac.jp types: > At 29 Jan 2001 11:49:36 +0100, > Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> wrote: > > No. Mergemaster doesn't care about the contents of the file, only > > about its $FreeBSD$ tag. As long as this stays the same, it'll leave > > the file alone. If you remove the $FreeBSD$ tag in the installed file > > or someone commits to src/etc/shells, mergemaster will prompt you. > I want mergemaster(8) to have a list not to compare. It is not > necessary for mergemaster(8) to compare host specific files, for > example, /etc/hosts, /etc/printcap and /etc/shells, to their > originals in /usr/src. I want that system managers for local > hosts can decide which files follow the source and which files > do not. There was some discussion of about this on -questions (I think it was) a while back, and the author commented on some things he was working on. You might look through those, then nudge him about it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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