This directory contains extractions of etc from various *i386* FreeBSD
distributions, for use with ports/sysutils/etcmerge.   These are only
guaranteed to work with the x86 architecture, so if you use a different
variant of FreeBSD (alpha, sparc, ia64, etc), these may not work correctly.

In order to start using etcmerge, just pick a distribution *no newer than* the
one you have installed, download, and extract with
# tar -C /var/db -zxvpf etc-X.Y-RELEASE.tar.gz

This should be done only once.

Note on versions:
You should use a version *no newer than* the one you have in your /etc.  Using
a version that is older than your /etc is OK (but may lead to a little more
manual work.)

As an example: If you have an etc synced with 4.8-STABLE (e.g. because that
was the first you installed), you should use the etc for 4.8-RELEASE (if you
have 4.8-RELEASE installed, you should of course use the 4.8-RELEASE
version, too.)