Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:30:50 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster - problem installing files Message-ID: <3B4EA3AA.E7CC9835@i-clue.de> References: <20010712175924.83029.qmail@web11707.mail.yahoo.com>
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Tim Erlin schrieb: > > I'm updating my source, trying to run mergemaster, but > it seems to fail when trying to install the temporary > or merged files. The error is "problem installing > ./blahblahfile, it will remain to merge by hand > later." > > I would search the mailing list for this problem, but > since I search for "install" seems to return nothing, > I'll presume something's broken. > > I would hate to have to merge by hand...is there a > quick solution to this problem? This _is_ the quick solution: somehow you have managed to make one file read-only even to root, thus mergemaster does not want to replace it. All other files got merged. After completing the mergemaster run, just merge this one file by hand. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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