Re: pkgbase and config file merges

From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 06:02:47 UTC
Le 6 mars 2024 23:09:07 GMT+01:00, Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> a écrit :
>On Wed, 6 Mar 2024, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>> .pkgsave once you have boostrapped you should not have any.
>
>Bootstrapped what though?  Whether pkgbase had been previously installed
>is not the issue as we expect some pkgbase installs will be to existing
>systems, with existing configurations.  These configurations should not
>be overwritten (but may be patched).
>
>Not being able to think of a scenario where overwriting existing configs
>would be the expected much less desired behavior, I'm wondering what
>scenarios would require this bootstrap behavior?
>
>Roger


Pkgbase behave exactly the same as etcupdate and or freebsd-update, this is what I am saying

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