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Date:      Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:09 -0500
From:      Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
To:        d@delphij.net
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
Subject:   Re: I broke my SSH to jails after 7.2-8.0 src upgrade
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On 2010.03.11 23:41, Xin LI wrote:
> On 2010/03/11 20:33, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> I've done a few RELENG_8_0 to STABLE-8 to 9-CURRENT upgrades lately
>> and mergemaster was goofing up the contents a bit based on the RCS
>> versions. I had to hand-edit a crapload of stuff going from 8 to 9,
>> and I still don't trust mergemaster's automatic merging logic because
>> it goofs up on /etc/group // /etc/passwd still (doesn't merge
>> anything, discards my info, etc) for starters.
> 
>> -a doesn't actually do any merging though, FWIW:
> 
>>      -a          Run automatically.  This option will leave all the files that
>>                  differ from the installed versions in the temporary directory
>>                  to be dealt with by hand.  If the temproot directory exists,
>>                  it creates a new one in a previously non-existent directory.
>>                  This option unsets the verbose flag, but other than -U it is
>>                  compatible with all other options.  Setting -a makes -w
>>                  superfluous.
> 
>> Also, "add path pts unhide" unmasks all psuedo TTY dev nodes so that
>> applications that use openpty(3) and friends (like sshd) can allocate
>> them at login.
> 
> Yes that's right.  Thanks for posting, perhaps we can document it in FAQ?

Well, if anything, the FAQ should simply say "read the damn handbook and
follow it".

If I had of followed the same procedure that I've been using for the
last 7 years (at least) instead of trying to 'automate' (-a) prior to
reading the man page thoroughly, I would have been ok.

Sorry for the noise, but thanks for the help ;)

Cheers,

Steve



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