What we keep under /etc

[Makoto Matsushita]

Here's my small proposal about this issue...

There's a variable, MM_PRE_COMPARE_SCRIPT which mergemaster(8)
understands.  For those who want to update /etc/rc.d automatically,
write a small script which copies your favorite files to /etc, then
set "MM_PRE_COMPARE_SCRIPT=/your/script.sh" to /etc/mergemaster.rc.

Since mergemaster(8) is considered as a mandatory tool for admin (I
hope nobody objects), the problem we have discussed here can be
resolved with such a script and use it with mergemaster(8).  We can
also supply a sample shell script which copies etc/rc.d/* (for
example), to /usr/share/examples/mergemaster.

How do you like this?  Anybody have a sample script for that?

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Makoto `MAR' Matsushita