Re: CVS commit: src/etc

["Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv84%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 05/06/2007, at 16:47, Juan RP wrote:

> 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.

This is a minor change and, as long as postinstall handles it, I  
don't think it is such a big deal.  If you don't update properly the  
system continues to boot/run just fine, only with minor annoyances.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84%gmail.com@localhost>