On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 20:46:37 +0000, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> 
wrote:

>when I upgrade with maintenance I just replaced the entire /etc file  

This could bite you some day. You haven't used anything yet that requires /etc 
changes. TCP documents the TCP /etc files you might want to change 
(https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=files-tcpip-configuration-data-sets)
 which is why I mentioned it specifically. This is by no means the only product 
to use /etc.

You're in the Unix world and you need to follow their rules. Simply copying new 
/etc files is not correct either. In the real world, /etc changes must be 
merged, meaning you run diff against the files to find the lines that have 
changed in each file and propagate the changes. Remember that the new default 
file may have required changes that must be integrated with your changes.

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