Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 20:25:55 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster after upgrade Message-ID: <38AF6CD3.833BC9EF@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912221716560.16947-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> >> Well i ran mergemaster, and now i am thoroughly confused. I understand
> >> what it is doing, but the question is, if i leave everything AS-IS, will i
> >> lose functionality?
> >
> >Possibly, yes. In fact, you may lose your machine. For example, if
> >a new and terrifying feature is introduced into the kernel and it is
> >turned off in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, you won't have the new rc.conf, so
> >it's conceivable that the feature may be turned on at boot time.
>
> So the best bet is to just carefully go through mergemaster, and figure
> out what everything means? Then decide whether it needs merging or not?
Still catching up on old mail...
The answer to your question is yes. I just wanted to point out that there
is an option you might want to consider. You can do 'mergemaster -a' which
will go through and delete everything that doesn't need attention in
/var/tmp/temproot, then you can look them over by hand. When you're sure
that you know what all the files do, and what has been changed, you can run
'mergemaster -r' and it will tend only to the files that are left.
Just a suggestion,
Doug
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