On Sunday 03 August 2003 14:59, Spider wrote: > begin quote > On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:56:03 -0500 > > Steven Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think passwd should be updated by etc-update. > > Neither Do I. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't get it, since > portage -shouldnt- try to be "smart" on what files are suggested to > update and not, but just do its thing, leaving such decisions to root, > who is capable of doing them. > > portage will not remove a modified configfile (passwd) but will allow > emerge baselayout, if you tell it to. Trying to be smart in cases > like this will only lead to confusion and complexity. > > using etc-update is -optional- and a lot of people don't use it, some > use another system (I know of one script which used vimdiff for > example, I've seen others with diffstat.) > > > OK. But as I stated in an earlier post, "you cannot count on the > > user's system having the same mount / dump options or mount points." > > Neither can you count on a user's system using the same devices for > > the filesystems. I use SCSI in some system and IDE in others, plus, > > swap space is the first patition on my drives. > > that is why our default fstab has /dev/ROOT and /dev/BOOT, stopping such > problematic things from happening. Unfortunately people still think > that /dev/ROOT is a great harddrive to use, and thus assign it..... > > > Now, I'm not saying that updates to fstab shouldn't be made. I'm just > > > > saying the updates should be presented to the user in a different way. > > it is, its presented as /etc/._cfg0000.fstab
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