Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:35:42 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Adam Gregoire <ebola@psychoholics.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/rc.d devfs dumpon initrandom rcconf.sh resolv src/share/man/man5 rc.conf.5 src/share/man/man8 diskless.8 Message-ID: <43A662CE.7010802@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20051219080202.r66mwg2dq80g4wc0@netchild.homeip.net> References: <200512102021.jBAKLk0v038487@repoman.freebsd.org> <1134253112.61298.9.camel@S01060080c83f4fb0.su.shawcable.net> <439B5E83.1090702@FreeBSD.org> <20051211165514.49001ea3@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <43A60A1F.4090200@FreeBSD.org> <20051219080202.r66mwg2dq80g4wc0@netchild.homeip.net>
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Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>>> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:02:27 -0800
>>> Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Adam Gregoire wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A diff for the addition of rcconf.sh to Obsoletefiles.inc.
>>>> Thanks. I want to hold off on that till we're 100% sure it can go
>>>> away. I'm about 95% sure now.
>>>
>>> Just a little thing to think about: where do we want to handle this, in
>>> mergemaster, or in ObsoleteFiles.inc?
>>
>> Sorry it took so long to get back to you on this. Including the files
>> in the obsolete file list won't hurt anything, and could make
>> mergemaster easier for those that use the obsolete file service.
>
> It could hurt people which use the obsolete file service, but don't use (or
> forget to use) mergemaster. There are other ways to shoot into the own foot
> (e.g. by not using mergemaster correctly), so should we care about this
> situation, or is this a "please follow the documented procedures" case?
Not having a script in /etc/rc.d that you need will create an error that is
noticeable, and very unlikely to be fatal to the boot. Having a stale script
(possibly with the same stale settings in rc.conf[.local] that used to be
pertinent), could lead to very messy results.
I don't see anything wrong with adding rc.d stuff to the obsolete file list,
but it's your call.
Doug
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