Re: make upgrade overwrites /etc/mail/mailer.conf

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 11:10:23AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     I think the goal ought to be a layout that does not require merging
>     to update a system.  Mergemaster may be fine for a UNIX expert, but it's
>     hell for a general user.

My hope was a normal user doesn't manipulate the config files we might
want to change. E.g. as long as you edit /etc/rc.conf and /etc/resolv.conf
and maybe some more files with special "---- add your config after this line ---"
wrappers, we can handle all the cases directly. If the user does change
some files, she should get some support from the system to decide what
has changed and wether she is interested.

I currently don't have to time to write it myself, more than enough on the
TODO list.

Joerg