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On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 16:09, Stroller wrote: |
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> On Feb 4, 2004, at 8:10 pm, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 04 February 2004 20:51, Don Seiler wrote: |
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> >> Interactively merge the two and you should be all set. |
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> > The problem is that this file should not need to change at all. The |
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> > baselayout |
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> > ebuild should be smart enough to see that /etc/fstab must not be |
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> > changed |
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> > (same as passwd and group) |
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> I recall a while back there were some changes that were necessary to be |
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> merged into fstab; in fact mine contains the following 3 lines: |
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> # added by baselayout-1.8.6.8-r1 - 5/7/2003 |
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> # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! |
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> none /proc proc defaults |
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> 0 0 |
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> But aside from that, fstab and some other systems files never change; I |
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> always think these should be distributed as /etc/fstab.example and so |
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> on. The Installation documentation could be changed to say "copy & edit |
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> your fstab like so: cp /etc/fstab.example /etc/fstab && nano -w |
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> /etc/fstab`" and users would have the benefit of a back-up of the |
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> original should they ever b0rk theirs up. |
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I absolutely agree here. baselayout should not try to provide something |
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key like fstab, I've seen etc-update wreck my own fstab and several |
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users entries before. In the end to preserve my sanity I've ended up |
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having to do chattr +i /etc/fstab /etc/X11/XF86Config to keep these file |
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from ever getting overwritten. |
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> Stroller. |
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> |
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