2011/3/28 Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org>: > I'm starting a new thread since while the previous one contained a lot of > good information it was starting to get a big fragmented, and as someone > pointed out mergemaster is not a general solution so I want to focus on the > area that I'm actually responsible for. :) > > Having read everything in the thread (and thanks to all who contributed, > btw) my current plan is to add some code to the end (in the section that > deals with things like running cap_mkdb if you update login.conf) to do the > following. Please let me know if this sounds reasonable, or if I'm missing > something: > > 1. If /var/db/zoneinfo exists, check to see if /etc/localtime is the same as > /usr/share/`cat /var/db/zoneinfo` and if not, prompt the user to run > tzsetup. > 2. If /var/db/zoneinfo does not exist,
and /etc/localtime is not a symlink to a tz file ? > check to see if kern.osreldate is > after the date that the code was added, and if so, prompt the user to run > tzsetup. So how would mergemaster behave after a fresh "make installworld distribution" in an empty DESTDIR ? Isn't it supposed to do nothing in this case, because all should already be up-to-date ? > 3. If /var/db/zoneinfo does not exist, and the new code has not been added > yet, attempt to determine the right answer, and create a /var/db/zoneinfo > file. (Note, I do not look forward to writing that bit.) :) > > > Sound reasonable? > > Doug > > -- > > Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. > -- OK Go > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: oliv...@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas." _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
