On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, VaX#n8 wrote:

> Hi, I used to keep all my /etc files in a CVS project that I created, and
> manually merged in everything I wanted from /usr/src/etc.  This has turned
> into a very long process lately, and I'm wondering what people recommend
> that I do to shorten this process.  Should I import NetBSD's /usr/src/etc
> onto a VENDOR branch?  Should I apply all the changes I made in that etc
> project to the files in /usr/src/etc and use anoncvs?  As of NetBSD-1.5.2
> I notice some support of ".local" files and defaults in /etc/defaults.
> Perhaps I should only have those files under version control?

Check out the man page for "etcupdate":

    http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?etcupdate+8+NetBSD-current

...and then give it a try!

Frederick