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From: purslow@×××××××××.ca
To: Gentoo Devt <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:23:00
Message-Id: 20040204202259.GC8851@sympatico.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab by Paul de Vrieze
1 040204 Paul de Vrieze wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 04 February 2004 20:51, Don Seiler wrote:
3 >> Interactively merge the two and you should be all set.
4 > The problem is that this file should not need to change at all.
5 > The baselayout ebuild should be smart enough
6 > to see that /etc/fstab must not be changed
7 > (same as passwd and group)
8
9 exactly! my problem is not what to do: obviously, delete the new one.
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11 the danger is that someone cd easily overlook the difference
12 -- people are busy, harrassed, in a hurry etc --
13 & be forced into the major nuisance of a rescue job.
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15 surely, 'baselayout' shd not try to change /etc/fstab .
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