Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:39:02 +0800 From: Teo Tse Chin <tcteo@pacific.net.sg> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different approach to mergemaster Message-ID: <3A8B3336.372BB0BE@pacific.net.sg> References: <3A8AB391.12D1D822@math.missouri.edu> <20010214115150.B81070@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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The main difference between what Mr Montgomery-Smith described and mergemaster is that his method diffs the current /etc against the old defaults before comparing with the new ones. This way, only files that've not changed (ie not hand edited) are updated automatically. David Kelly wrote: > > With all due respect what you describe sounds exactly like mergemaster. > > Mergemaster builds a temporary /etc and diffs the current /etc against > it. Changes are presented for approval, "select old, new, or edit". > The only problems I've had is being impatient and hitting the 'i' > for Install key before I really groked the differences. -- -tc- tcteo AT pacific DOT net DOT sg home DOT pacific DOT net DOT sg SLASH ~tcteo icq one two zero seven five eight nine 3d 49 3a 3i 1d 4d 43 49 1e To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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