From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 10:09:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC881065670 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393DE8FC1A for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe15 with SMTP id 15so1096475wwe.31 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:09:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:reply-to:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=puQe6hcgNBN3WO5dmZvleelexJWQ8jSQWT1V+5uQy/o=; b=lUwyQWYcneGFBIzJ+6tHV0hVqrKur5d9l8qLkAhar5JCr6/zavGkUwGZhN0Z0J9at8 Fn2mYJyCGCkqqJAlYmev8wpU9xsm6l0JniJlTmRU2fiXQM3931hocVN2hhRJT3g92h8P d8GvbMIYdNOkZ+rBvyxYycpQ0YMrOGkZn3oIs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; b=BbszHF8OnL4vokfNNqKh/Oz3VdbV/LEHgAMOJ6Yof2GNXq9nuEswO09jU0h/E5IsTo ny84FA4Qz8PG3zUdFjTXjCfyOLclRUZ4e0jZsnM2QQ+Zs2G/HmBE5FN0cqunvA8MvBLa Opt++G29qVdb9XPxg8zzuY81Rsw1zg9EgrIvw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.167.80 with SMTP id h58mr8664602wel.49.1280225372915; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:09:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.171.10 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:09:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:32 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: zaxis Subject: Re: I donot like using mergemaster ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:34 -0000 On Monday 26 July 2010, zaxis wrote: > I want to upgrade my freebsd 8.0 to 8.1. I have read all the steps > about upgrading freebsd. I feel mergemaster is difficult to use e.g. > which parameters should i use ? (you may wish to use -U or -ai or > -Fi) Well, obviously you will get more out of mergemaster if you read the manpage and take the time to decide which options will work best for you. But if you can't be bothered to do that, the suggested usage in /usr/src/UPDATING works for most people. Also, there is an alternative to mergemaster that is supposed to be easier to use in some ways: John Baldwin's new port, sysutils/etcupdate. You may want to take a look at that. b.