Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:00:05 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: beating mergemaster to /etc/rc.d Message-ID: <20041013170005.GA6454@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <16749.21420.643438.983797@ran.psg.com> References: <16749.21420.643438.983797@ran.psg.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 2004-10-13 09:11, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
> i know that when i do a mergemaster, i am about to see 666 updates
> to /etc/rc.d/*, to each of which i will have to type "qi<eol>".
> as it will be over a 9600 baud remote serial console, this is a
> pita and causes undue delay for the users.
>
> once i boot the new kernel -sw, is it safe to
>
> cp /usr/src/etc/rc.d/* /etc/rc.d
>
> and then run mergemaster -cvi?
For this particular directory, it's also safe to use:
# cd /usr/src/etc/rc.d
# make install
This will substantially cut down the time you spend fiddling with
mergemaster prompts.
- Giorgos
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041013170005.GA6454>