On Wednesday 27 September 2006 17:59, Joe Menola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Should we NEVER do an ``emerge -u world''?': > On Wednesday 27 September 2006 5:10 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > That's not the same as -5ing everything, which is what I was referring > > to and the easy way to toast /etc/fstab. > > Can you give an example of *any* situation that would make updating > fstab sensible?
No, which is why shipping /etc/fstab as part of baselayout should go away. Surely there's a solution that provides examples for new user/installs, but doesn't bug me to update a file that upstream cannot possibly know good contents for. > Important etc files should be placed in .example form and the user > warned that editting is required. Yeah, but imagine if every configuration file has a .example? I don't want a bunch of unused files cluttering my filesystem. (I guess I could INSTALL_MASK them if there was a naming policy.) > Etc-update has always been the thorn in Gentoo. Which is why I use dispatch-conf. ;) -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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