Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:37:17 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is freebsd-update braindamaged, or I'm using it wrong? Message-ID: <524A97CD.50003@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAF-QHFUjfsepwuGnBAhL6x=HYznPj3Cj%2B6fX_O36s8U6C7b7Nw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF-QHFUjfsepwuGnBAhL6x=HYznPj3Cj%2B6fX_O36s8U6C7b7Nw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/10/2013 10:16, Ivan Voras wrote: > This is the first time I've used freebsd-update in years, and I'm > immediately flagging it as something I won't use in the future. For > the last half hour it has been forcing me to manually resolve, one by > one, in an editor, hundreds of "merge conflicts" such as these: > > 1 <<<<<<< current version > 2 # $FreeBSD: release/9.0.0/etc/gettytab 209954 2010-07-12 19:09:18Z bcr $ > 3 ======= > 4 # $FreeBSD: release/9.2.0/etc/gettytab 243623 2012-11-27 19:23:54Z peterj $ > 5 >>>>>>> 9.2-RELEASE > 6 # from: @(#)gettytab 5.14 (Berkeley) 3/27/91 > 7 # > > This is fairly ridiculous. Then, at a random file it has proposed its > own merge and asked the prompt "Does this look reasonable?". It was > not, but when I answered it with "n" it stopped the whole process > (instead of maybe opening the file in the editor for me to merge > again). > > I've since retried the process and it behaves the same, and then tried > it on another system and again - the same type of manual merges and > the same exit from the process when answering "n" to a botched merge. > > In both cases, I'm upgrading from either 9.0-RELEASE or 9.1-RELEASE to > 9.2-RELEASE and the command line was "freebsd-update upgrade -r > 9.2-RELEASE". > > Am I doing something wrong, or is freebsd-update simply quirky and not > that useful? It is a little quirky, you arent the first to note this. For example http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Should-I-be-able-to-use-mergemaster-with-freebsd-update-td5822457.html "not that useful?" is subjective, some machines I've used it on happily, I'm more likely to build and use mergemaster though. Vince > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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