Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:37:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: *** HEAD'S UP *** Message-ID: <20020419153704.M17393-100000@zoot.corp.yahoo.com>
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Howdy,
Apparently my last message wasn't clear enough, for which I
apologize. In addition to the general, non-life-threatening changes to
/etc I did recently, a few more fundamental things have changed as well,
specifically to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Rather than focus on the specifics,
I'd like to suggest a more general solution.
I highly recommend backing up your existing rc.conf[.local], and
copying /etc/defaults/rc.conf to /etc/rc.conf. Then, go through the whole
file, and explicitly include your choices for anything that you care
about, whether they are the defaults or not. In this way, you can be sure
that the system will always behave the way you want it to. In addition to
this, I generally include the settings that are specific to the individual
machine (like hostname, gateway, ifconfig_) in /etc/rc.conf.local. That
way it's easier to blat the rc.conf file periodically.
I also added an option to mergemaster to compare your
rc.conf[.local] stuff to what's in /etc/defaults/rc.conf after you're done
updating. To take advantage of that, use 'mergemaster -C', or 'echo
COMP_CONFS=yes >> .mergemasterrc'. What this won't show you is differences
to the defaults that you don't have in /etc/rc.conf[.local]. For that,
you're expected to pay attention to the diff of /etc/defaults/rc.conf as
you install it. :)
Any questions, comments, or suggestions... fire away.
--
"We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power.
And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory."
- George W. Bush, President of the United States
State of the Union, January 28, 2002
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