Re: /etc/ttys defaults, was Persistent green messages interrupting console on NetBSD 6.99.19 i386

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 05 Jun 2013, Greg Troxel wrote:
> I think that there really needs to be a default workflow that 
> is not interactive and has reasonable results.  I think that 
> requires storing the previous pure etc.tgz contents to allow 
> three-way merging, but that's a small price to pay for reduced 
> thinking.

Yes, I think etcupdate should be changed to keep a copy of the 
previous etc.tgz to allow three-way merges.

> (My current approach is to run etcmanage and then look at 
> diffs.)

I should look at etcmanage.

--apb (Alan Barrett)