Re: bin/48066: etcupdate(8) does not update NIS domain Makefile(s)

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/48066; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/48066: etcupdate(8) does not update NIS domain Makefile(s)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:42:38 +0200

 On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:35:00 +0000 (UTC), matthew green wrote:
 >  wouldn't it be smarter to make these Makefile copies be symlinks,
 >  and then we only have to update one?  if the admin wants to change
 >  it some how, they can do that, and then it its their responsibility
 >  to update it later.
 
 Well, you might want to serve several NIS domains from one machine,=20
 with different sets of maps and parameters (which all have to be=20
 configured in the Makefile).=20
 
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