From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 11:06:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46AC516A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:06:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE2543D53 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:06:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id b11so595317rne for ; Wed, 01 Dec 2004 03:06:28 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=Nc2oh/CrFDXq7jYm4/HWoMuWmowkqEUJmiZd5crD3R/CrzTRq84xFdhW6y45ZARy8ZiKo7t8Mb2jNEA80Wq3CfEh4A4O85XEhTYDdyR7gz/F6HScN/Kb66h5smHAMV2OnCe8yMoVvvKEvLAHUaoKtZqFSgTwfDPiD8+Xmroh1/g= Received: by 10.38.101.80 with SMTP id y80mr175969rnb; Wed, 01 Dec 2004 03:06:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.72.48 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 03:06:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:06:28 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" In-Reply-To: <20041130182842.782525cf@dolphin.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041130182842.782525cf@dolphin.local.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mergemaster -i X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gert Cuykens List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:06:29 -0000 On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:28:42 -0600, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:09:13 +0100, Gert Cuykens > wrote: > > > > > can someone make a options i install everything so you don't have to > > push 58 times i enter i enter i enter i enter :) drives me nuts > > especially when you sometimes have to do enter enter enter to scroll > > down the preview and then accidentally do 1 enter to many > > You can press "q" to interrupt the display of a file. After all, > mergemaster is just piping the file through "more" (or less; not sure > which). > > Mergemaster's already existing "-i" switch tells it to automatically > install any files that don't already exist in the destination directory. > To do as you suggest, though, and simply automatically install > *everything* would defeat the whole purpose of mergemaster. > > There are occasions where, due to some new construct or whatever, a > large number of files require updating (usually under /etc/rc.d). In > that case, it often is easier to simply delete all the existing files > under /etc/rc.d and then run mergemaster -i to automatically install the > new versions. When such a need arises, it will usually be mentioned in > /usr/src/UPDATING (you *do* read that before updating, don't you?). :-) > > HTH > > -- > Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas" > /usr/src/UPDATING i would if it had more pictures in it :) can we have a mergemaster -d then who deletes everything.