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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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Subject: Re: beating mergemaster to /etc/rc.d
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On 2004-10-13 09:11, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
> i know that when i do a mergemaster, i am about to see 666 updates
> to /etc/rc.d/*, to each of which i will have to type "qi<eol>".
> as it will be over a 9600 baud remote serial console, this is a
> pita and causes undue delay for the users.
>
> once i boot the new kernel -sw, is it safe to
>
>    cp /usr/src/etc/rc.d/* /etc/rc.d
>
> and then run mergemaster -cvi?

For this particular directory, it's also safe to use:

        # cd /usr/src/etc/rc.d
        # make install

This will substantially cut down the time you spend fiddling with
mergemaster prompts.

- Giorgos