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> 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.

-- 
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>