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Date:      Fri, 07 Jun 1996 17:35:43 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers), freebsd-stable@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Stable Users), FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org (FreeBSD current users)
Subject:   Re: The -stable problem: my view 
Message-ID:  <199606080035.RAA09150@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Jun 1996 17:06:47 MDT." <199606072306.RAA01251@rocky.sri.MT.net> 

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>> 4. You go to do another merge into -stable and wind up with a whole *mess*
>>    of conflicts.  `cvs update -j' is NOT a decent merge tool!
>
>I don't use 'cvs update -j' to merge it into -stable.  'merge' doesn't
>work when you've already merged.  What *I* do is this, which is a bit
>more work but does do the job 95% of the time.

Can't use use some "-r"'s with -j to make this work better?  Granted
you still have to look at the log file.

>Nate

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Justin T. Gibbs
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