Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 09:51:28 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: k@numeri.campus.luth.se, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal to mergemaster Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103140945150.3117-100000@levais.imp.ch> In-Reply-To: <20010313165433L.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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Hmm, just some thoughts here: I modified mergemaster so he add's to every file he touches or installs this md5 checksum. When mergemaster reads a file and compares it, it extracts the md5 checksum form the file (if it exists) and looks if the file has been changed or not. If a new file get's installed, the md5 checksum of that file is written. For the first time you update you have the same way to go as usual. but the second time, you will be only asked for the files which have been modified. Even if 90% of the config files have new $ID's and are a lot different. If it is possible to add these checksums also in sysinstall when extracting the first time you install, nothing has to be done with commit scripts and also the first time you run mergemaster, you can run it a lot more faster than now. Martin Martin Blapp, mb@imp.ch ------------------------------------------------ Improware AG, UNIX solution and service provider Zurlindenstrasse 29, 4133 Pratteln, Switzerland Phone: +41 79 370 26 05, Fax: +41 61 826 93 01 ------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > Hmmm, this is nice! I've wanted this option for a long time. :) > > - Jordan > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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