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Date:      Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:08:45 +0100
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
To:        Anton Afanasyev <aasoft@gmail.com>
Cc:        "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg 1.4 freeze please test test test!
Message-ID:  <20141029200844.GG11033@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAEAhP2hEXzttTFxQJXrzL52ft5%2BoDa7h06hBpGy3BS-vFUSGQA@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20141028231933.GG26796@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CAEAhP2hEXzttTFxQJXrzL52ft5%2BoDa7h06hBpGy3BS-vFUSGQA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 01:05:49PM -0700, Anton Afanasyev wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
> wrote:
>=20
> > - new 3 way merge code ("stolen" from the fossil-scm) to allow automerg=
ing
> >   configuration files
> > - new @config keyword to mark a file as a config file (during
> >   upgrade/reinstallation it will try to merge the configuration with the
> > one the
> >   user may have modified) an option AUTOMERGE is available to prevent
> >   automerging if automerge fails a .pkgnew file will be created along w=
ith
> > the
> >   untouched user version of the configuration
> >
> Would it make sense to let the user specify the merge tool to use and
> always use it, instead of having to support the merge code within pkg?

That will defeat cross installation/upgrades (install arm package in an arm=
 chroot)

but yes allowing a users to define their own merge tool in general instead =
of
the internal one could make sense.

regards,
Bapt

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