Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 23:17:24 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Rob Lytle <jan6146@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: today's build is causing errors for me Message-ID: <20080516061724.GA47953@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <784966050805152304t1827c53bi6988ae9c8f837f32@mail.gmail.com> References: <784966050805151644m43b9a5e1qe8a4568576fc081f@mail.gmail.com> <20080516043411.GA44491@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <784966050805152304t1827c53bi6988ae9c8f837f32@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:04:34PM -0700, Rob Lytle wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > I used Mergemaster. Thats what I mean't when I said that I carefully > "merged" /usr/src/etc/ with /etc. But like I said, no files were > replaced that contained my own configuration, e.g. group. I will say > this- that I have always considered Mergemaster a confusing mess, > despite the dogma on the lists. I have been running FreeBSD and > installing it since 1998, so I have some experience- but this is new > behavior beyond my previous experiences. "Permission denied" could imply that the rc scripts aren't set to executable. Possibly a umask problem? Additionally, mergemaster isn't a confusing mess. If anything, it's one of the most simple tools there is for managing /etc. The part you probably find "confusing", which is the same part I did when I started using it, is the side-by-side interactive diff. It's very easy to use; "r" means use the text shown on the right, and "l" means use the text shown on the left. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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