Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Re: PATCH build-iso

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > > > > > 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.

 - BS