From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 17 17:46:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D007B37B401 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:46:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.seekingfire.com (coyote.seekingfire.com [24.72.10.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2108F43F85 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:46:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tillman@seekingfire.com) Received: from blues.seekingfire.prv (blues.seekingfire.prv [192.168.23.211]) by mail.seekingfire.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3932D1D8 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:46:32 -0600 (CST) Received: (from tillman@localhost) by blues.seekingfire.prv (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h1I0Ux519804 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:30:59 -0600 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:30:59 -0600 From: Tillman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is using mergemaster multiple times ok? Message-ID: <20030217183059.B17044@seekingfire.com> References: <20030217161127.Z17044@seekingfire.com> <20030217232436.GA22032@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030217232436.GA22032@gothmog.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 01:24:36AM +0200 X-Urban-Legend: There is lots of hidden information in headers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 01:24:36AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2003-02-17 16:11, Tillman wrote: > > I have a build host that exports /usr/src, /usr/obj and /usr/ports. As > > long as I don't 'd'elete the temporary config files when using > > mergemaster, is it safe to use mergemaster on multiple machines? My main > > concern would be the state of the temporary config files changing > > between mergemaster runs. > > Mmmmm, you should probably delete the /var/tmp/temproot anyway, just > in case 'make distribute' in /usr/src/etc happens to install different > files depending on the machine cpu/architecture/build/etc. So 'make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/temproot distrib-dirs distribution' in /usr/src/etc should regenerate /var/tmp/temproot? Any pointers to where I can find more information on the temproot aspects of mergemaster/installworld? Or is Handbook 21.4.10.2 basically it? TIA, -T -- Page 491: If you want to master emacs, it helps to believe in reincarnation, because there is no way you are going to learn it all in a single lifetime. - Harley Hahn, _The Unix Companion_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message