svn commit: r224674 - head/etc

[Peter Wemm]

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 08/08/2011 23:31, Peter Wemm wrote:
>> No, if people use mergemaster in this mode:
>>      -U          Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modified.
>> .. then mergemaster will silently turn off NIS for you.
>>
>> If it is considered bad practice to use -U, then people should be
>> directed away from it.
>
> I've been telling people that this is a bad idea since day 1. It's also
> the reason I refuse to make it the default.

It should say so in the documentation. As it stands now, it gives no
hints of the danger and that it should not be used.

"Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modied."
certainly looks like something that a random person would want.


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