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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:54:06 -0400
From:      James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>
To:        "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How often to run mergemaster?
Message-ID:  <3948535E.45E0F06F@thehousleys.net>
References:  <200006150312.XAA11324@sanson.reyes.somos.net> <20000614234019.B976@stat.Duke.EDU>

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Sean O'Connell wrote:
> 
> I run it when I notice that things have been changed in
> /usr/src/etc from my cvsup logs.  As a side-note, I became
> frustrated with mergemaster asking me about a whole bunch
> of files that I don't want it to touch.  I filed a PR that
> adds an IGNORE_LIST to the mergemaster script that is read
> out of the .mergemasterrc.
> 

One way I got around that is to merge the "$FreeBSD .... " version line
over, since the standard mode just checks version strings.  mergemaster
-s will notice they are different.

I hope this helps.

Jim
-- 
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.


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