Re: make upgrade overwrites /etc/mail/mailer.conf

[David Cuthbert <dacut@xxxxxxxxx>]

7232520.GB58751@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <200502072349.j17Nnh8V033375@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-Reply-To: <200502072349.j17Nnh8V033375@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Lines: 14
Message-ID: <420823c5$0$716$415eb37d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.165.38.3
X-Trace: 1107829701 crater_reader.dragonflybsd.org 716 67.165.38.3
Xref: crater_reader.dragonflybsd.org dragonfly.bugs:3602

Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     I don't think it's necessary that we support service removal
>     immediately, but if we were to do it I would suggest something like
>     '-<servicename> ...' in /etc/services to remove a service entirely.

Oof.  This misses the (common) case where an upgrade adds a service I 
don't want.  I didn't remove it because I was unaware of it before.

I'm somewhat fond of the way portage handles this (or, at least, is 
supposed to): modify an example configuration file which is used for 
reference only.  /etc/make.conf, for example, is never touched; 
upgrading portage modifies /etc/make.conf.example.

Dave