Charles Marcus wrote: > On 12/15/2008, Roland Plüss (rol...@rptd.ch) wrote: > >>> Oh... and this is why I put all of my customizations for postfix at the >>> very end of the file, in its own block... then, even if something slips >>> in above, my custom settings will override it. >>> >>> But, I am always very careful when running etc-update - its too easy to >>> goof... >>> > > >> I do the same. But it managed to smuggle that line into the sasl block >> before the ldap block. I tend to reject changes to this config file by >> default. Must have been a "trivial merge" case that kicked in there. But >> whatever... not the first time something like this happened but usually >> the config fails to load then. >> > > A 'trivial merge' will never overwrite your custom settings if you have > them in your own separate section at the very bottom of the file. This > entire block will always be seen as 'foreign', and etc-update will want > to replace it (with nothing). I've been through 3 years of updates (some > major) with my config file like this, so I know... > > Me longer than 3 years... so I know too I guess ;=) . I don't know when it got mixed in the file but I'm pretty sure it did not happen during manual merge since I keep a keen eye on merges on very jumpy config files ( postfix, openswan, openssh and openldap ). So my bet is on a trivial merge. But as mentioned it's not about putting the blame on anybody. I just know from experience that it happened once already to me that a trivial merge killed a personal config ( back then it hit openldap... noticed it quick though since subversion suddenly did not work anymore ).
-- Yours sincerely Plüss Roland Leader and Head Programmer - Game: Epsylon ( http://epsylon.rptd.ch/ , http://www.moddb.com/games/4057/epsylon ) - Game Engine: Drag(en)gine ( http://dragengine.rptd.ch , http://www.moddb.com/engines/9/dragengine ) - Normal Map Generator: DENormGen ( http://epsylon.rptd.ch/denormgen.php )
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