From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 12:49:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A897106570C for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:49:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (asmtp1.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E7A8FC0C for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:49:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6RCmrvN012808; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:48:53 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6RCmrRW012804; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:48:53 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 869D333C3D; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:31:40 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:31:40 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: zaxis Message-ID: <20100727123140.GA5410@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: zaxis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <29262747.post@talk.nabble.com> <201007260917.32632.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <29272211.post@talk.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <29272211.post@talk.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I donot like using mergemaster ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:49:13 -0000 On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 06:18:22PM -0700, zaxis wrote: > > > that's great ! I will use /etc/mergemaster.rc to upgrade my FB 8.0. > You might also want to put this line in mergemaster.rc: DIFF_OPTIONS='-I$FreeBSD:.*[$]' That makes mergemaster ignore changes in the CVS tags. With a good rc and a basic understanding of vi, you should be in good shape to make progress. I hated mergemaster when I first started using it but I love it now! Now I have to learn to love the "mergemaster" that freebsd-update uses... Anybody know how to make it ignore CVS tags? Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html