Re: Moving rc.d scripts to base.tgz

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 06:49:45PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
 > >> I find myself wondering how an admin is supposed to tell whether a
 > >> proposed change is "patching the system" under NetBSD or a
 > >> reasonable end-system admin adjustment.
 > > It's very easy: if something you edit will be overwritten by the next
 > > installworld, then you probably wanted to edit the source rather than
 > > making modifications in place.
 > 
 > That's like answering "how do I know if there's a car coming?" with
 > "just go ahead and walk out; if you don't get run over, there wasn't".

Yes, and you conveniently snipped the next paragraph of my message,
which reported the convention. (which convention you know perfectly
well, too)

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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost