Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:08:00 +0100 From: James Greenhalgh <james-list@ntlworld.com> To: Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk> Cc: so@server.i-clue.de, tperlin@yahoo.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster - problem installing files Message-ID: <20010713150800.1525e595.james-list@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20010713120649.B10988@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> References: <20010712175924.83029.qmail@web11707.mail.yahoo.com> <3B4EA3AA.E7CC9835@i-clue.de> <20010713120649.B10988@cartman.techsupport.co.uk>
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You aren't the only one. I've seen this happening on my system eversince the start of the month (same time linuxemu+SMP started to hang the machine totally). Since nothing seems to have been done about the SMP hangs after myself and at least one other person mentioned them, I downgraded to a copy from the middle of last month (backups are your friend) and the mergemaster problem went away at the same time. james On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:06:49 +0100 Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:30:50AM +0200, Christoph Sold said: > > 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." > > 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. > > I'm not convinced - I've been getting this error for approximately two > months on two different machinesm mainly with stuff in /etc/defaults. > > The strangest bit is that after mergemaster has completed, checking the > files reveals that they _have_ actually been merged, which is why I never > worried about it. > > Ceri > > -- > We've tried this God stuff long enough. It's time for a change. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- find great crazy-mad out-of-head experience from japan. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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