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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:45:54 +0100
From:      Peter Olsson <list-freebsd-stable@jyborn.se>
To:        Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: There has to be a better way of merging /etc during a major freebsd-update
Message-ID:  <20150310174554.GB9442@pol-server.leissner.se>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2QWN4ez%2BjKViQ0=wVxysvrfN-S9qrumEdpF7wwM-822A@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20150310120540.GN8223@pol-server.leissner.se> <CA%2BtpaK2QWN4ez%2BjKViQ0=wVxysvrfN-S9qrumEdpF7wwM-822A@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:17:18AM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Peter Olsson <list-freebsd-stable@jyborn.se
> > wrote:
> 
> > This flag to mergemaster saved a lot of work when I did
> > upgrades the old way, with cvsup and the make steps and
> > then mergemaster:
> >
> 
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=221780
> 
> I'd venture to guess the script will work fine on older installs, but
> testing should be done first.
> 
> -- 
> Adam

This seems like an excellent addition fo freebsd-update,
how come it isn't added?
Possibly as a flag, so the default operation isn't changed.

Peter Olsson



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