Hi Mickey, [ pkg_add does not change /etc/changelist and /etc/mtree/special ] > is there a good reason why this isn't done?
IMHO, KISS. Don't have packages mess up the base system. Keep central configuration files as concise and straightforward as possible. Of course, if you have some particular reason to modify the central configuration files on your machine, you are free to do it by hand. Do it sparingly and only when you know what you are doing and when you really need to. Remember that merging may be necessary during upgrades. In case you wonder why packages should leave central configuration alone, try to understand e.g. the run-parts(8) nightmare under Linux - zillions of code snippets all over the place from zillions of sources, and if you try to find out whether something particular is being done or whether it isn't, you will have quite some work to do in order to find out. Unless you know quite well how to use find ... -exec grep ... -print, you will probably never find out at all. By the way, in case you are looking for serious intrusion detection, you should not rely on /etc/security anyway, but install (and maintain!) some real intrusion detection system. Yours, Ingo
