Re: pkgsrc packaging of base?

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09.02.2006, at 20:16, Csaba Henk wrote:
> >     Our 'make upgrade' target deletes all old files that are no longer
> >     part of the official distribution.  Its all integrated in already.
> As a sidenote, I saw the refreshing lack of mergemaster from
> upgrade instructions. I *loathe* that part of FreeBSD upgrades, dumbly
> OK'ing a hundredsome one line RCS id diffs and then dumbly OK'ing a
> relevant change...
>
> There are some problems though with the fully automatic upgrade of 
> /etc.
> Looking back, it was well discussed in a lenghty thread on bugs@ a year
> before. What's the current situation? How config file upgrade is 
> handled
> now?

not at all :/

*I*'m still using mergemaster, because otherwise you don't get updated 
config files (for ssh or inetd, for instance).  IMO we desperately need 
a wicked tool which do the right thing[tm].  something with three-way 
merges and stuff...

cheers
  simon

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