On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 18:53:26 +0100 Norbert Kamenicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SN wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andy Arbon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "gentoo-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:38 PM > > Subject: [gentoo-user] Base layout causing pointless config updates > > > > > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>I'm just wondering if anyone here knows if anything is being done > >with>etc-update or the baselayout package to stop it pointlessly > >trying up>update a load of configuration files that I'm never going > >to let it>touch every time it is updated? > >> > >>It seems like baselayout's changed quite regularly recently (this is > >in>the x86 branch) and every time it does I get asked to update: > >>1) /etc/DIR_COLORS > >>2) /etc/devfsd.conf > >>3) /etc/fstab > >>4) /etc/group > >>5) /etc/passwd > >>6) /etc/rc.conf > >>7) /etc/shadow > >>8) /etc/conf.d/net > >>9) /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 > >> > >>Aside from rc.conf and maybe devfsd.conf I can't think of a single > >one>of those that should ever be replaced or merged with a vanilla > >copy. In>fact with most of them accidentally replacing the file with > >a vanilla>one would be somewhere between an annoyance and a major > >headache. > > > > > > What if baselayout introduces a new group or user???? > > Think about it. > > In that case it should be done by script, which at first checks > the presence of the new user and then adds it to the copy of > existing system passwd file (if necessary). > > I am sorry, but I thing, that adding a new user by replaceing > passwd file with new uniform passwd file (from baselayout), > which do not fit to any configured system (except of just > installed one) is a the most stupid way how it can be done. > And I am sure that it's not only my opinion. > > Happy New Year to everybody! > Yes, it's totally asinine to present total replacement changes that can break a running system, but don't hold your breath. I've complained about this for three years now. -- Collins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
