On 08/08/2011 23:41, Peter Wemm wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 08/08/2011 23:31, Peter Wemm wrote:
>>> No, if people use mergemaster in this mode:
>>>      -U          Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user 
>>> modified.
>>> .. then mergemaster will silently turn off NIS for you.
>>>
>>> If it is considered bad practice to use -U, then people should be
>>> directed away from it.
>>
>> I've been telling people that this is a bad idea since day 1. It's also
>> the reason I refuse to make it the default.
> 
> It should say so in the documentation.

Patch sent to re@. Thanks.

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