pkgbase update and progress

[Baptiste Daroussin]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 04:00:20PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 04:34:58PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > On 10/08/2017 16:21, Glen Barber wrote:
> > >> * Since we have no mechanism of properly merging changes to /etc
> > >> we simply copy files as needed with pc-updatemanager, and it is
> > >> difficult to maintain what should be updated, merged, or removed.
> > >>
> > > This is another long-standing item in the list of things to fix, indeed.
> > 
> > The idea floated at BSDCam was to have a package that would install a
> > pristine copy of the /etc files under /var/db/etcupdate and prompt the
> > user to then use that tool to update or install their configs.  That
> > should provide a nice compromise between having the files available from
> > pkgs and not enforcing a specific mechanism (tools, not policy) to
> > update /etc.
> > 
> Why we do not stick with what was discussed before?
> 
> pkg know how to do 3 way merge and is configurable not to break anything.
> The only thing that is needed is to prepend the plist entry with an @config
> That's all.
> 
> Why do we need something else?

Should have read the entire thread before replying.

If you decide to go that direction tell me I will rip out the 3way merge code
from pkg...

Best regards,
Bapt
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