> Building from source never alters anything in /etc, even (especially?) > when there are major structural changes, as in /etc/rc.d.
Right. A 'make build' does not modify anything which is configuration related. That would be a tremendous hazard. > However, are you saying you ran sysmerge, and sysmerge DIDN'T update > this for you? I just verified on a system of mine that the Jul 19 > snapshot's version of sysmerge had no difficulty updating the /etc > files, including /etc/rc and populating /etc/rc.d sysmerge can't handle everything.
