Re: CVS commit: src/etc

["Mike M. Volokhov" <mishka%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Juan RP <juan%xtrarom.org@localhost> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:46:48 +0000
> "Mike M. Volokhov" <mishka%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Well, since more than two month were already passed and no more
> > comments were arised I think it would be reasonable to update
> > wscons.conf man page and reflect new behaviour in UPDATING file.
> > 
> > And for correct upgrading of system with user modified wscons.conf
> > file the etcupdate(8) should be used.
> 
> Take a look at this PR to maintain compatibility:
> 
> http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=36232

Hmm... Thanks for this pointer.

But is this really needed? The previous functionality was not
complete, and I believe an updating can easy be done while running
etcupdate, isn't it? Please note that lot of 'mainstream' variables
have their own keywords, and setvar is mostly used for fine wscons
tuning.

        M.