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Ruslan Ermilov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > b) by putting them in /etc/defaults, users do *see* the changes
: > when they run mergemaster, even though they won't have to
: > merge those changes with local changes. In some cases the
: > changes to the comments or examples will suggest some change
: > that the user should be making to their own already-working
: > configuration, even though their configuration won't match
: > the default system-config. I'm thinking when some comment
: > is added like:
: > # NOTE: Please see pf.conf(5) BUGS section before
: > # using user/group rules.
: >
: No, /etc/defaults are different beasties -- they are true
: default config files -- they are either used if there's no
: corresponding version under /etc, or most likely sourced
: to provide defaults. To be moved to /etc/defaults, a file
: should gain the same property.
Agreed. We've done this with all the other ones...
I'd be real careful about doing it to /etc/hosts, however, as there
are a large number of tools that munge it that might break if this is
done badly...
Warner
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