Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 03:37:46 -0700 From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory Message-ID: <20020423103747777.AAA735@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> In-Reply-To: <bulk.99963.20020421152204@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > What I think would be a better way of approaching it is to > > incorporate some method of informing users during the upgrade > > process, probably part of mergemaster, of what has changed in > > /etc/defaults. > > Assuming that you run mergemaster, you'll see the diff before > being presented the options to install, delete, etc. Yes, but the problem I usually have is twofold: I usually run mergemaster in single-user mode, and as such if I run into some kind of difficulty (not sure whether to install/merge/delete) and want to do something like take a detailed look at or backup a file first, I can't switch to another console to look at/change things. (what happens in mergemaster if I try to spawn another shell from within it? Not sure what that would do to my logging of mergemaster using tee, and I'm afraid of hitting a wrong key because some things happen with a single keypress - ie the default action when pressing 'enter'.) Maybe I should get in the habit of running screen (/usr/ports/misc/screen) before mergemaster. Some files are also bigger than the scrollback buffer so I can't see all the changes without "merging" them or dealing with them separately. (I have this personal problem with the 'merge' process using sdiff.. every time I try to use it I have some kind of keyboard/command/viewing problem and screw things up. Maybe I just need more practice.) > > A section of mergemaster which prints key "heads up" items > > pertaining to the current build would also be extremely helpful. > > This is already there for you in UPDATING. UPDATING is OK, as long as all the recent changes are at the top of the file.. since it contains stuff going back several years. (But in my dreams I fantasize about something that can pickup on the major FreeBSD release you're currently running using uname, and just show items that have changed between what you're running and what you're upgrading to. A little redundancy is fine, ie if running 4.3- STABLE, show stuff going back to the original release of 4.3. Maybe uname wouldn't work if people install and boot the new kernel before running mergemaster?) -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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