Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:59:03 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mergemaster enhancement Message-ID: <443E9167.6090309@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <443DFC58.6060502@tetlows.org> References: <443DFC58.6060502@tetlows.org>
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Gordon Tetlow wrote: > I've thrown together a quick mergemaster enhancement that will > automagically upgrade files that have changed in the /usr/src/etc > distribution but the user hasn't changed. Great applications are for > when you trust that we aren't going to break everything and only don't > want mergemaster to squash files that you have customized. > > Patch location: > http://people.freebsd.org/~gordon/patches/mergemaster.mtree.diff > > How it works: > Through clever use of mtree, I build an mtree description of > everything that make distribution installs (only size and md5) from > the temproot. When the user completes a mergemaster run, the mtree > description file gets installed into /var/db for safe-keeping. > > When the user then decides to do a subsequent upgrade (with the -U > flag), the existing mtree description from /var/db is called into > service looking for files that are different in DESTDIR. This is > stashed away until a file that would normally end up prompting you to > look at changes is encountered. Since there are no user modified > changes, the new file is installed without bothering the user. > > Let me know what you think. I really like it especially as it is optional > > Thanks, > -gordon > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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