Re: How to handle config files

2012-01-09 Thread Doug Barton
On 01/08/2012 04:59, Martin Kropfinger wrote: > Hi there! > > The porters handbook describes a way to handle config files: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html > > It is recommended to do it this way for keeping changed files after > deinstallation on the sy

Re: How to handle config files

2012-01-08 Thread Chris Rees
On 8 January 2012 12:59, Martin Kropfinger wrote: > Hi there! > > The porters handbook describes a way to handle config files: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html > > It is recommended to do it this way for keeping changed files after > deinstallation on the

Re: How to handle config files

2012-01-08 Thread Julien Laffaye
On 1/8/2012 1:59 PM, Martin Kropfinger wrote: Hi there! The porters handbook describes a way to handle config files: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html It is recommended to do it this way for keeping changed files after deinstallation on the system. But the

How to handle config files

2012-01-08 Thread Martin Kropfinger
Hi there! The porters handbook describes a way to handle config files: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html It is recommended to do it this way for keeping changed files after deinstallation on the system. But the example is not really clear to me. What does th