Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:39:01 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Tejas Kokje <kokje@ISI.EDU> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mergemaster Message-ID: <20041124193901.GA24353@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <41A4E150.4050304@ISI.EDU> References: <41A4E150.4050304@ISI.EDU>
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--oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:30:24AM -0800, Tejas Kokje wrote: > I am upgrading by freebsd installation. While doing mergemaster, it=20 > didn't ask me whether it should overwrite my /etc/motd file. >=20 > Is manual backing up of /etc/motd the only option or have I missed=20 > something in mergemaster ? By default, mergemaster will always ask about /etc/motd. If you set the IGNORE_MOTD=3Dyes config option then /etc/motd will be ignored entierly (IMO, this should be the default). If it is in fact being over written without a prompt that is a bug since mergemaster is specificaly supposed to avoid overwritting anything without user intervention. It's possiable you have an MM_PRE_COMPARE_SCRIPT that is doing it for you if someone else configurd the machine. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBpONUXY6L6fI4GtQRAl3qAKDYzRLUiMbvqVQTxbd9xX7Sy2ObJgCgvg3N AWzOR1SbwBAu0LDp8Nsv1Us= =wt6c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI--
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