On 03/16/2004 08:39:47 AM Bruce Smith wrote:
>> > > > > > i think, the linuxrc should come from the $ETCDIR .....
>> > > >
>> > > > Why? What's the point?
>> > >
>> > > the point is, when you make local changes :-) you do it in the
>tmp dir
>> > > and not in the cvs managed directories....
>> > > all other files are get from the ETCDIR...
>> >
>> > It really doesn't matter to me where I make the changes.
>> >
>> > When I make changes in a CVS managed directory, and I screw
>something up
>> > bad enough that I want to start over, I simply delete the file and
>do a
>> > "cvs update file" to get it back.
>> >
>> but if you have user changes to it, and update it via cvs, its lost...
>
>No it's doesn't! If a file has been changed, CVS doesn't know what to
>do with it, so it marks it as a "?" and doesn't update anything, or it
>merges the changes if it can and marks it as a "M". Nothing is lost.
>
>> and i'm prefer to change things in temporary objects an not in
>supplied
>> and external managed objects...
>
>When you do a make clean/mrproper, YOUR temp changes are gone. ;-)
>
>> i think, its also cleaner.. to use things from the
>> ETCDIR,..... then all files for the building are from the tmp
>> dir.
>
>I don't really care, so I'll let Heiko decide which way he likes best.
Oliver got a point, linuxrc is the only file we copy directly from
config/etc/....
So I'd say let's to Olivers change.
Heiko
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