Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:53:18 -0400 From: Mike Jakubik <mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: etcupdate tool in base? Message-ID: <4C1150BE.80807@intertainservices.com> In-Reply-To: <FD0ABB8F-45AF-4D9A-AC5D-4C4A1946777E@cederstrand.dk> References: <201006101346.59824.jhb@freebsd.org> <AANLkTimSVUZjim-eraoJyZf-T982GceZjs7yV97qr8dd@mail.gmail.com> <4C113342.7070804@icyb.net.ua> <4C114B8C.70407@intertainservices.com> <FD0ABB8F-45AF-4D9A-AC5D-4C4A1946777E@cederstrand.dk>
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On 6/10/2010 4:47 PM, Erik Cederstrand wrote: > >> -1 Also. >> >> How does this differ from a "mergemaster -iFU" ? That's pretty much as automated as it can get. >> > I find the ability to do 'etcupdate diff' to quickly get an overview of which changes I have made to a standard installation very useful. > > Looking from the outside, I think the two tools could be merged to a single upgrade tool. I see three uses for such a tool: > > * Show me which local modifications I have, so I can see if they're still relevant for the upgraded system > * Just do all the hard work for me (i.e. mergemaster -iFU) on files I didn't change > * Guide me through merging updates to files I did modify myself (and please, don't ask me innocently if I want to delete my local account when it's 4 AM :-) I may be answering 'yes' in my sleep) > > That actually sounds like a great idea to me.
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