Re: CVS commit: src/etc

[Juan RP <juan%xtrarom.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:44:47 +0000
"Mike M. Volokhov" <mishka%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> 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.

IMHO it's needed. You broke previous configurations without mentioning
any of this in UPDATING or in a mailing list.

Backward compatibility is always good.

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