Subject: Re: /etc/daily and /scratch
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 03/26/1996 18:51:50
On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 20:01:01 -0600 Peter Seebach wrote:
> Which brings us to a vaguely related issue:
>
> Is there a documented procedure for installing updates of /etc? I haven't
> installed most of /etc since pre-1.0 days, but I'm not sure what's safe
> and what isn't. Is there a good strategy here?
Every now and then I do a 'diff -cr /usr/src/etc /etc', and then start
hand hacking. I've noticed _very_ little actually changes, hence no
better method from me...
Simon.
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