On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:56:08AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > On 06/23/13 04:39, Michał Markowski wrote: > > Now, this file is mix of spaces and tabs: > > > > $ vis -t /cvs/src/etc/mail/aliases > > # > > #\^I$OpenBSD: aliases,v 1.37 2012/10/13 07:42:39 dcoppa Exp $ > ... > > This diff provides more consistent formatting with tabs throughout the > > file (sorry for link, but gmail would probably spoil this): > > http://mspanc.one.pl/etc_mail_aliases.diff > > > > P.S. > > 2013/6/20 Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org>: > >> this type of diff is highly subject to bikeshedding ;) > > :) > > I do believe this would be an annoyance for upgraders who have local > entries in this file, as sysmerge would detect lots of changes, plus the > local changes. I'm not sure what the benefit would be to those people. > > Not saying no...but something to be aware of. > > Nick. >
This change really would be annoying only once. Since I upgrade regularly, I have learned to stick my local changes at the bottom of the different files. Makes using sysmerge simple. But if someone has added a lot of entries in between, that would be a little more difficult, but not a lot. Chris Bennett
