Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 22:07:31 -0500 (EST) From: "Adam C. Migus" <adam@migus.org> To: "Garance A Drosihn" <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mergemaster feature suggestion... Message-ID: <59759.192.168.4.2.1072062451.squirrel@mail.migus.org> In-Reply-To: <p0602040bbc0bfa992718@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20031221084531.GB31516@cactus.homeunix.org><20031221105925.GA1713@utgard.lodz.mm.pl><1072018131.715.10.camel@localhost> <3FE5B804.6000707@ispro.net.tr><20031221154129.GE2228@saboteur.dek.spc.org><60563.192.168.4.2.1072043423.squirrel@mail.migus.org><3FE620B5.9050201@ispro.net.tr> <p0602040bbc0bfa992718@[128.113.24.47]>
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Garance A Drosihn said: > The problem is that the general solution is much harder to do > than it first appears. It is one thing to come up with a > solution that works well for what "you" (ie, any one developer) > need, but it is much more challenging to come up with a solution > that everyone can always use, for every upgrade, and that they > can rely on. You can not have installworld just blindly > removing files. That tactic *will* cause trouble. > > The fact that this issue keeps coming up is a good indication > that we need to do something. Every once-in-while I try my > own hand at implementing some solution, but so far I have not > come up with anything that I am 100% happy with. > Adopting the etcmerge port while having the installation install a fresh, reference /etc everytime for the comparison would solve this and most other problems people are talking about. Adam
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