begin quote On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:56:03 -0500 Steven Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think passwd should be updated by etc-update. Neither Do I. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't get it, since portage -shouldnt- try to be "smart" on what files are suggested to update and not, but just do its thing, leaving such decisions to root, who is capable of doing them. portage will not remove a modified configfile (passwd) but will allow emerge baselayout, if you tell it to. Trying to be smart in cases like this will only lead to confusion and complexity. using etc-update is -optional- and a lot of people don't use it, some use another system (I know of one script which used vimdiff for example, I've seen others with diffstat.) > > OK. But as I stated in an earlier post, "you cannot count on the > user's system having the same mount / dump options or mount points." > Neither can you count on a user's system using the same devices for > the filesystems. I use SCSI in some system and IDE in others, plus, > swap space is the first patition on my drives. that is why our default fstab has /dev/ROOT and /dev/BOOT, stopping such problematic things from happening. Unfortunately people still think that /dev/ROOT is a great harddrive to use, and thus assign it..... > > Now, I'm not saying that updates to fstab shouldn't be made. I'm just > > saying the updates should be presented to the user in a different way. it is, its presented as /etc/._cfg0000.fstab //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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