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Date:      Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:17:36 +0000
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sysutils/etcmerge vs mergemaster
Message-ID:  <20071118171736.6db678b6@gumby.homeunix.com.>
In-Reply-To: <200711181302.05161.peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
References:  <200711171116.06705.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <20071117140337.513fb3e3@gumby.homeunix.com.> <200711181302.05161.peter.schuller@infidyne.com>

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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:01:56 +0100
Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> wrote:

> >  Isn't that what the -U option in mergemaster does?
> >
> >
> >    -U       Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user
> >                                                        modified.
> 
> I believe I tried this once and it did not make a difference, but I
> didn't investigate. Perhaps I screwed up.

It's something I only noticed on the 6.2 upgrade, and I've never
actually used.  It seems to work by comparing hashes of installed files
with the cvs versions from the previous run. I guess it doesn't work on
the first upgrade as there's no stored database.




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