Re: Files in /etc containing empty VCSId header

[John Baldwin]

On 5/20/21 9:37 AM, Michael Gmelin wrote:

Hi,

After a binary update using freebsd-update, all files in /etc contain
"empty" VCS Id headers, e.g.,

     $ head  /etc/nsswitch.conf
     #
     # nsswitch.conf(5) - name service switch configuration file
     # $FreeBSD$
     #
     group: compat
     group_compat: nis
     hosts: files dns
     netgroup: compat
     networks: files
     passwd: compat

After migrating to git, I would've expected those to contain something
else or disappear completely. Is this expected and are there any plans
to remove them completely?

I believe we might eventually remove them in the future, but doing so
right now would introduce a lot of churn and the conversion to git
had enough other churn going on.

--
John Baldwin